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Auto HDR Preview for PC Available Today

March 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021 03/17/21
Hannah Fisher
Today we’re excited to bring you a preview of Auto HDR for your PC gaming experience and we’re looking for your help to test it out. When enabled on your HDR capable gaming PC, you will automatically get awesome HDR visuals on an additional 1000+ DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 games!

DirectX 12 Ultimate for Holiday 2020

October 29, 2020 Oct 29, 2020 10/29/20
Jianye Lu
DirectX 12 Ultimate is the new gold standard for gaming graphics on both PC and the next generation of Xbox consoles. In this blog post, we will show PC gamers which hardware fully support DX12 Ultimate, how to use Xbox Game Bar to check for DX12 Ultimate support, and where to find games utilizing DX12 Ultimate features.

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...