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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 last few years, numerous video games have started offering players the option of switching between graphics APIs for better compatibility and smoother performance. Baldur’s Gate 3 is no ...

After installing the massive game that is Baldur’s Gate 3 and then opening it up, you’ll be faced with your first dilemma of the game — should I use DirectX 11 or Vulkan as your choice of graphics API ...

The Khronos Group makes OpenGL and Vulkan, two cross-platform graphics application programming interfaces (APIs) that seek to run on every platform that might be of interest to gamers. Vulkan just ...

A new era of PC gaming kicked off on Tuesday as the next-generation of open graphics technology arrived with a bang—including graphics drivers and a game you can play today. This morning, the Khronos ...

1990年代以降の3DゲームグラフィックスやPCグラフィックス環境の進化の歴史について、前回(4回目)までで、だいぶ近代に近づいてきた感がある。読者から「1980年代以前はなぜ取り扱わないのですか?」という質問をいただいたが、その時代、自分は ...

スペックを語る前にまず注目したいのは、PHYTIUM、龍芯、兆芯、海光といった中国製CPUのプラットフォームのみならず、IntelとAMDをサポートしているほか、Linux OSだけでなくWindows 10への対応が謳われている点。DirectX、Vulkan、OpenGL、OpenGL ESをサポートすることが ...