NVIDIA has released a new driver update that adds support for Microsoft's DirectX 12 Ultimate framework. Announced earlier this year, the collection of developer APIs unifies support for several ...

In brief: As Intel's performance-tier dedicated graphics cards approach their first birthday, the company is still working to improve DirectX 11 performance while timing driver patches with ...

Back in March Microsoft announced DirectX 12 Ultimate, which is the latest in a long line of application program interfaces (API) that has served as the middleman between the games you play and the ...

Nvidia has released a new version of its graphics drivers for Windows, bringing the version number up to 451.48. This release is significant, as it's the first one to add support for features in the ...

Earlier this year, Intel delivered a significant driver release for its Intel Arc graphics cards, where, alongside a price drop, the mainstream Intel Arc A750 became a true competitor to NVIDIA's ...

Just picked up a new PNY GeForce 4 ti4200 AGP card for a new workstation I'm putting together. I plan on installing Win2k (w/SP3) so I'll need to manually install DirectX 8.1. However, on the PNY CD ...

Nvidia has rolled out a new driver update that brings a few welcome performance boosts to a couple of popular DirectX 12 games. Nvidia's latest 431.36 drivers not only add support for the recently ...

I just got my Dell 400SC finally up and running after getting some new hardware for it. The problem is, I find the current performance to be a little underwhelming. Specs:<BR><BR>--Dell 400SC (onboard ...

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One of the sticking points hampering adoption of Intel's Arc GPUs has been its performance in older titles, particularly those using much older versions of the DirectX API. You could argue that it ...

In context: It shouldn't surprise anyone that Intel's Arc Alchemist GPUs don't come with drivers on the same level as Nvidia and AMD offerings. Team Blue has a lot of catching up to do, and now it's ...

The file dxgkrnl.sys is associated with the Microsoft DirectX driver, which is a collection of technologies developed by Microsoft to provide hardware acceleration for demanding multimedia ...