Just in time for Windows 7 to die, Microsoft is porting DirectX 12 to it — on a game-by-game basis. The first game to deliver will be World of Warcraft, with others to follow. Microsoft’s latest ...

If you’re a Windows 7 gamer refusing to upgrade to Windows 10, Microsoft has some exciting DirectX 12 news for you. The company announced that DirectX 12 is finally making the jump from Windows 10 to ...

Gamers who remain on Windows 7 can now play World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth with the added boost of DirectX 12. Microsoft announced that Blizzard would be the first game developer to offer ...

Gamers stubbornly hanging on to Windows 7 and refusing to upgrade to Windows 10 may soon be able to play ray tracing-enabled titles on Microsoft’s older platform. The company is expanding its efforts ...

One of the bigger advantages that Windows 10 boasted over its predecessors, especially for gaming, is that it's the only version of Windows to support the new DirectX 12 runtime. The new version ...

DirectX 12 works on Windows 7, but that wasn’t always the case. Microsoft originally only supported the newest graphics API on Windows 10 and Windows 8. But the company expanded that to Windows 7 ...

While launching a video game on Windows 11/10 computer, some users received the error message that says “Your graphics card does not support DirectX 11 features ...

2025 marks 10 years after the official launch of DirectX 12 for Windows 10. This came after a relatively frequent release cycle over the years, starting with one of the first ever DirectX showcase ...

Microsoft has historically helped push adoption of new OSes along by locking gaming features - like new version of DirectX - to the latest version of Windows. DirectX 12 and Windows 10 have been no ...