And so the inevitable march of Windows moves onward: DirectX, the software that Windows computers rely on to make games run, is getting an upgrade—but only for Windows 8. A Microsoft employee ...

If you're on the fence about upgrading to Windows 8 and its formerly-known-as-Metro tablet-style user interface, Microsoft may have just made the decision a little easier. The company has announced ...

Microsoft has confirmed that DirectX 11.2 will be exclusive to Windows 8.1 and the Xbox One. With DirectX 11.2 offering some cool new features, and yet no clear technological reason for making it an ...

DirectX 11.1 is exclusive to the divisive Windows 8 operating system, Microsoft has confirmed. Microsoft's Daniel Moth wrote on the Microsoft Answers forum that DirectX 11.1 is part of Windows 8, as ...

Hi, i'm getting directx 8 error messages in either installing or running various games under Win98 , eg, after getting The Sims to work, NFS 2000 does not ...

Here's another pin for your Windows 8 voodoo doll: Neowin reports that DirectX 11.1 will be exclusive to Windows 8. And while DirectX 11 was initially a Windows 7 exclusive that eventually found its ...

Microsoft has confirmed that DirectX 11.2, the next-generation version of its application programming interface (API) and hardware abstraction layer (HAL) for multimedia devices will be exclusive to ...