Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is making a very surprising addition to Windows 7 this week, ...

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 announced DirectX 11.2, which will be exclusive to Windows 8.1 and Xbox One. According to the video below, courtesy of Evil Avatar, one of the new features touted is called "tiled ...

We compared graphics performance between Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 with our standard benchmarks. The results? Meh. We were in the midst of running benchmarks and writing the stories for our Budget Gamer, ...

We only just reported that DirectX 12 will be providing CPU-bound games with up to 50% more performance, but the new version of Microsoft's API will be completely exclusive to Windows 10. This is ...

Hello there. <P>I just installed a new version of DirectX yesterday - DirectX 8.1 for Win9x (I am using Win98SE) - and this lead to some problems dealing with both Direct3D and the onboard sound ...

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 ...