The DirectX folks came up with a way for games to skip shader compilation and will use it on the ROG Xbox Ally.

Microsoft is working on Advanced Shader Delivery, a way to reduce launch times in games when they are first opened.

At Gamescom 2025 in Cologne, Germany, Microsoft announced a series of gaming-focused enhancements coming to the Windows ecosystem. Alongside new hardware in the Asus ROG Xbox ...

Even though Shader Model 5 is regularly used with Microsoft's DirectX, Unity is making it possible with the PlayStation 4 – just the same as they've made it possible with the Wii U – to get ...

Shader Model 5.0 is old, having come out in 2009 with DirectX 11. It's long overdue for some innovation and a few changes to make it better than it is. Sure, games look great using the underlying ...