DirectX Developer Blog

D3D12 Debug Layer Message Callback

October 19, 2020 Oct 19, 2020 10/19/20
Zichuan Gong
Finally, D3D12 messages that you can easily integrate with your own application logs! The D3D12 InfoQueue Message Callback feature allows developers to capture debug messages, with stack context, providing yet another essential debugging tool for error analysis. To date, D3D12 has had ID3D12InfoQueue API. However, developers always wants there...

D3D12 Debug Object Auto-Naming

October 16, 2020 Oct 16, 2020 10/16/20
Bill Kristiansen
As of Windows 10 Release Preview 20236, there is now an option to enable automatic naming of D3D12 objects. Debug Object Auto-Names are unique, and descriptive, and are easy to enable programmatically or using d3dconfig.

DirectStorage is coming to PC

September 1, 2020 Sep 1, 2020 09/1/20
Andrew Yeung - MSFT
Earlier this year, Microsoft showed the world how the Xbox Series X, with its portfolio of technology innovations, will introduce a new era of no-compromise gameplay. Alongside the actual console announcements, we unveiled the Xbox Velocity Architecture, a key part of how the Xbox Series X will deliver next generation gaming experiences. We...

New in DirectX— Feature Level 12_2

August 27, 2020 Aug 27, 2020 08/27/20
Claire Andrews
What’s a feature level? If you’re a game developer who has spent any amount of time with computer hardware, or perhaps a computer game which simulates working with it, you will know that graphics cards are not all the same. There’s differentiation. Differentiation not only of overall performance characteristics, but the kinds of ...

Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling

June 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 06/30/20
Steve Pronovost
Abstract You may have noticed a mysterious new optional feature called Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling appear in the advanced graphics settings page with the Windows 10 May 2020 update. The purpose of this blog is to give some background on this new feature and how we are introducing it. It is intended for folks curious about Windows ...

Iterating on Variable Rate Shading in Gears Tactics

May 26, 2020 May 26, 2020 05/26/20
Jacques van Rhyn
Gears Tactics is the very first game to ship with support for DirectX 12 Variable Rate Shading (VRS), one of the major features in DirectX 12 Ultimate. VRS let Gears Tactics achieve large performance gains – up to 18.9% (!) – on a wide range of hardware with a minimal impact on visual quality. Check out this guest post where Jacob ...

DirectX ❤ Linux

May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20
Steve Pronovost
Overview of the upcoming support for DX12, NVIDIA CUDA, OpenGL and OpenCL acceleration in the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

DirectX 12 Ultimate Getting Started Guide

March 19, 2020 Mar 19, 2020 03/19/20
Jacques van Rhyn
So, you’re a developer sold on the next-gen features in DirectX 12 Ultimate? Look no further than this little guide! 1) OS The complete set of DirectX 12 Ultimate features is be available in the next retail version of Windows 10, version 2004 (also called the Windows 10 May 2020 Update). As of 5/27, you can get this version of ...

Announcing DirectX 12 Ultimate

March 19, 2020 Mar 19, 2020 03/19/20
Shawn Hargreaves
  (image) It is time for DirectX to evolve once again.   From the team that has brought PC and Console gamers the latest in graphics innovation for nearly 25 years, we are beyond pleased to bring gamers DirectX 12 Ultimate, the culmination of the best graphics technology we’ve ever introduced in an unprecedented alignment ...