Recently, you may have noticed an ever-present flow of stories surrounding OpenGL and OpenGL ES successor Vulkan, a new low-level API from non-profit consortium the Kronos Group. Most notably, we ...

The most successful game in crowdfunding history is giving up on Microsoft’s DirectX graphics platform to go all-in on Vulkan. Cloud Imperium Games, the developers of Star Citizen, recently said on ...

Over the weekend Cloud Imperium Games (CIG), developer of Star Citizen, has signalled an important change in the rendering API used for the game on Windows systems. A year ago CIG stated that it ...

The best choice of Graphics API comes down to two key factors: how old your graphics card is and what kind of visual experience you want to have. In general, DirectX 11 is the best choice for anyone ...

The Last of Us Part I pc : api Vulkan(MOD) vs DirectX 12 rtx 4090 + i9 13900K + 32GB ram - 0:00 rtx 2060 + i5 10400F + 16GB ram - 2:40 System 1: Windows 11 Core i9-13900K asus rog Strix Z790-E Gaming ...

You may have noticed while you're launching BG3 in the Larian Launcher that you're given a choice on whether or not to launch the game using Vulkan or DirectX 11. If you're unsure what these mean or ...

Baldur's Gate 3 is now out on PC. The game supports two APIs: Vulkan and Microsoft's DirectX 11. Since the difference between these two libraries isn't clear, many gamers are confused about what this ...

What is a graphics API? API is short for application programming interface. When it comes to video games on the PC, developers almost always use one of the popular APIs to bring the games to life on ...

Crytek's newly published roadmap for CryEngine reveals big features are not far off at all. First is DirectX 12 multi-GPU support, a complete DirectX 12 renderer, the possibility of support for NVIDIA ...

IO Interactive's lead render programmer Jonas Meyer will be hosting a talk at this year's GDC in March focusing on Hitman's DirectX 12-powered renderer. Though there've been whispers here and there ...

If you’re rocking with an Nvidia graphics card, then the best choice for you to run Baldur’s Gate 3 with will be DirectX 11. This API is much more optimized for Nvidia cards than Vulkan. And while ...