If you’re buying or building a new gaming PC for Windows 10 and DirectX 12, your priority should be as many “real” CPU cores you can afford, running at high clock speeds. At least, that’s the ...

When Windows 10 launched on July 29th, it also heralded the arrival of DirectX 12. Microsoft, AMD and Nvidia have been touting the API's benefits for months now, saying it would be up to 20 percent ...

We already know DirectX 12 will drastically improve game performance when Windows 10 ships later this year, but just how much of a “free” boost you’ll get isn’t exactly known. Microsoft execs expect ...

DX11 versus DX12 versus Mantle: FIGHT! If you've followed this column or any other site focused on PC gaming, you've no doubt read about Futuremark's 3DMark, a benchmarking application that tests the ...

We are virtually on the eve of AMD's unleashing of the RDNA 2-powered Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards, which will support ray tracing -- something that has been exclusive to NVIDIA GeForce ...

Back in June, Futuremark teased details of Time Spy, a new benchmark designed to assess the DirectX 12 performance of the latest graphics cards. TimeSpy now joins the recently announced stress test ...

After DirectX 12 Ultimate was announced, we started adding new tests to 3DMark to show how games can benefit from these new features. Our latest addition is the 3DMark Mesh Shader feature test, a new ...

This could be the edge they need to fight for market share for both Windows 10 gaming and the Xbox One. Were you still a doubter regarding the performance boost of DirectX 12? We have a new video that ...

The impending launch of DirectX 12 is one of the more exciting things to happen in PC gaming in recent years. Many people are eager to see how the low level API will improve the performance of games ...

Futuremark has today released a new addition to its 3DMark benchmark suite, making the new “Time Spy” stress testing and benchmark available to download, allowing you to test your Windows 10 system to ...

On Thursday, Futuremark launched 3DMark Time Spy, a new DirectX 12 benchmark test initially teased last month that’s built from the ground up to really see what Microsoft’s Windows 10 exclusive ...

Today Futuremark is finally making available their all-new DirectX 12 benchmarking test, dubbed Time Spy. The test, which showcases past 3DMark benchmarks, including the ever so popular Firestrike ...