Much of the die space of modern GPUs is given over to functionality that's not part of the traditional rendering pipeline. Sometimes, that feels like a bit of a waste. Which is why Microsoft's new ...

Shader Model 5.0 is old, having come out in 2009 with DirectX 11. It's long overdue for some innovation and a few changes to make it better than it is. Sure, games look great using the underlying ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Microsoft has released a preview of Shader Model 6.10 in the new AgilitySDK 1.720-preview build. The update brings several changes, including tweaks to ...

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