For Sega's coming Dreamcast machine, developers can use familiar software-writing tools like Microsoft's DirectX.
Predator, support DirectX 11, and use a lot less power than its previous platforms.
Users will experience superior visuals and outstanding performance with support for DirectX 11.1 as well as PCI Express 3.01.
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He gave up Nvidia's software to focus on the DirectX graphics standard that Microsoft was building into millions of PCs.
One of the challenges of desktop virtualization is translating Microsoft 's DirectX graphics language into the OpenGL standard used by Apple.
The G450 supports hardware-accelerated Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping for real-time 3D game effects and is compliant with the OpenGL and DirectX standards.
The 3DMark DirectX 11 tech demo brings this scene to life with intelligent tessellation and advanced volumetric lighting using real-time light scattering.
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We strongly recommend a full-on DirectX 11 GPU from AMD as very simply the best way to experience our stunning new game, S.T.
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"We were simply astonished by the performance of the DirectCompute 11 hardware in AMD's DirectX 11 GPUs, " said Ruslan Didenko, project lead, GSC Gameworld.
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All three can draw DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4 visuals, as well as take on OpenCL 1.2 computing and faster media processing.
The TITAN card offers two dual-link DVI, HDMI and Display Port 1.2 and also supports Microsoft DirectX 11.1 API and is NVIDIA 3D vision-Ready, SLI-Ready.
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Similar to the free program Roger Wilco, the new voice chat will be included in a new version of DirectX, Microsoft's applications programming interface for 3D games.
Application certification - support for the broadest spectrum of professional applications, including those utilising OpenGL 4.1, Shader Model 5.0, and Microsoft DirectX 11, plus DirectCompute and OpenCL standards.
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He gave up Nvidia's software to focus on the DirectX graphics standard that Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) was building into millions of PCs.
We applaud AMD's and Microsoft's vision in creating the DirectX 11 API and this amazing new hardware and we can say without hesitation that it represents the future of gaming.
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"I had high expectations of AMD's new DirectX 11 GPUs, but nothing really prepared me for the breathtaking experience that I'm now enjoying, " said Dirk Ringe, vice president, EA Phenomic.
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Rather, in archetypal Microsoft fashion, it is first consolidating its grip on game development through its control of the underlying software, a series of low-level programs that go under the rubric of DirectX.
"The Unreal Engine 3-powered 'Epic Citadel' demonstration for Windows RT tablets implements the full DirectX 9 pipeline, with shaders and materials, all running beautifully on Tegra 3, " said Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games.
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The VIA EPIA-P910 Pico-ITX is the first VIA board to include the VIA VX11H MSP which provides the latest in graphic capabilities, including DirectX 11 support, for richer textures as well as 3D stereoscopic display.
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Microsoft sent seven lawyers to argue against just two from IW. A complication was that IW had to retain a good working relationship with Microsoft because of the co-operation it needed as a developer using Microsoft's DirectX product.
Wildseed was the creation of Eric Engstrom , a former Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) executive who was one of the principals behind DirectX, a series of programming interfaces widely used to create computer games.
Designed for measuring the gaming performance of everything from tablets and notebooks to high-end desktop gaming systems, the next 3DMark for Windows will be the world's first unified graphics benchmark allowing testing of DirectX 9, DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 capable hardware through the DirectX 11 API.
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Beyond all that, this thing gets energized by a 1.6GHz VIA C7-M ULV processor coupled with the VX800 digital media IGP chipset, which touts full DirectX 9 support and video acceleration for MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV9, VC1 and DivX video formats (plus a VMR-capable HD video processor, among other things).
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