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Microsoft reveals DirectX 12, a "thinner" graphics API with 50% better CPU utilization

By Emanuel Maiberg Published

DirectX 12 is a “thinner,” lower level API, with less abstraction between software and hardware.

Processors
Thief
Thief's Mantle update incoming on March 18th

By Dave James Published

AMD have teamed up with Eidos and are set to release a new update to the latest Thief game, giving it some Mantle lovin'.

Adventure
Titanfall Source
The API wars continue: Valve launches free OpenGL translator

By Dave James Published

Valve have freely released a software layer, ToGL, which will translate Direct3D calls to OpenGL.

Linux
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DirectX 12 is incoming, is this a return to the API wars?

By Dave James Published

Now it looks they are going to be announcing a whole new iteration of the Microsoft API and not just an update.

Software
DX11
Is Microsoft going Mantle?

By Dave James Published

 Is Microsoft’s DirectX API going a lot closer to the metal?

Software
Star Swarm
AMD's Mantle API arrives in new beta driver, free Star Swarm benchmark released

By Dave James Published

It’s finally happened. AMD have launched their new graphics API, Mantle, to the public and you can pick it up right now in the Catalyst 14.1 beta driver update.

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Microsoft restricts DirectX 11.1 to Windows 8

By Omri Petitte Published

Software
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Khronos releases OpenGL 4.3

By Adam Oxford Published

As if to reinforce all the recent talk that there may be another way for PC gaming, open source steering group Khronos has announced the latest update to OpenGL.

Software
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