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17 articles tagged as dx9

MSI MEG Z490 Ace Review

MSI's new premium £400 Z490 board certainly looks and feels ace but can it handle Intel's Core i9-10900K?

May 26, 2020 | 14:00

What Unreal Engine 5 means for the games industry...and you

Rick examines Epic's latest tech-demo.

May 22, 2020 | 10:00

Intel Core i9-10900K Review

Great for gaming, not so great everywhere else.

May 20, 2020 | 14:00

Square Enix releases FFXIV: Shadowbringers benchmark

Engine finally drops DX9 support.

May 24, 2019 | 10:10

AMD vows to fix Adrenalin driver DirectX 9 crash bug

Failure to support the classics 'absolutely not true'.

January 3, 2018 | 09:43

Windows Phone 7 Series supports DirectX 9 and SM3

Microsoft unveils seriously ambitious plans for the GPU it wants inside its new smartphones.

March 15, 2010 | 22:38

BioShock: Graphics & Performance

Following on from our BioShock review, we dive deep into Rapture for a look at the gameplay differences between the PC and X360 versions. We then look at the game's graphics under DX9 and DX10 before evaluating performance on a range of graphics cards and CPUs.

August 30, 2007 | 12:36

Crysis: Hands On Preview

We got some playtime with the upcoming Crysis beta at i31 this weekend. It's the most anticipated title of the year, but how's it going to hold up? Read on to find out.

August 13, 2007 | 23:27

Epic: Crysis will be as good as it gets

Mark Rein, VP of Epic, reckons that DX10 won't see major adoption thanks to the thriving console market and that Crysis will be the pinnacle of gaming for years to come.

July 31, 2007 | 14:07

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition PC

Lost Planet is a port of the successful, snow filled 360 game from Capcom which is available in DX9 and DX10 flavours. We grab a copy and see what we can find.

July 7, 2007 | 10:49

Capcom eyes up Lost Planet sequel

Capcom makes a move to trademark a possible Lost Planet follow-up, lending weight to rumours of a sequel.

May 31, 2007 | 12:26

Crysis DX9 and DX10 Comparison

If you've been wondering what the difference really is between DirectX 9.0c and Vista's DX10, the guys making Crysis are here to help. Check out the videos...

May 26, 2007 | 17:27

Lego Star Wars Saga announced

After months of speculation, the complete saga of Lego Star Wars is announced, with details of the additional content.

May 25, 2007 | 11:36

Lost Planet DirectX 10 impressions

We take a look at the DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 versions of the Lost Planet: Extreme Condition demo and compare the two. Will DX10 live up to the hype?

May 18, 2007 | 14:53

ATI RV630 may follow in G84's footsteps

In the wake of Nvidia's GeForce 8600-series launch, the talk of the town in old Taipei has now switched to AMD's mid-range products...

April 19, 2007 | 06:01

DirectX 10: The Future of PC Gaming

NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 is already here, Vista hits today, and the first DirectX 10 games aren't far away. We take an in-depth look at what DX10 adds to the gaming and graphical experience, from geometry shaders to resources to render targets. Can DX9 continue to cut it? We find out.

November 30, 2006 | 15:58

ATI's R600 is a DirectX9 performer

ATI's upcoming R600 graphics processing unit is rumoured to be a great DirectX 9 performer. This makes sense because there will be very few DirectX 10 games when it launches.

June 29, 2006 | 16:41

Microsoft starts 'Vista Ready' programme

Microsoft has started its 'Vista Ready' certification programme, providing OEMs with a list of check boxes to give users the peace of mind that they'll be able to run Vista. It's not quite that simple, though...

April 3, 2006 | 11:16

Intel choose ATI for onboard graphics

ATI have just scored a major design win with Intel. They'll be supplying Intel with Radeon Xpress 200M chipsets for the chip giants D101GGC mATX board aimed at the value segment.

October 26, 2005 | 15:10