In a scary twist that reinforces Valve's distaste of Windows 8, it turns out that the Source engine -- the 3D engine that powers Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and Dota 2 -- runs faster on Ubuntu 12.04 and ...

PC hardware companies work in funny ways sometimes. When AMD had a new driver ready that added extra features with arguably niche appeal, like its AMD Link in-home streaming tech, it was very excited ...

this didn't used to happen to me. i'm not sure what it is i've done... i've got directx8 on windows 2000, and timedemos in directx for action halflife and cs are visibly slower than their opengl ...

After nearly five years of lingering on the same stable release, the next generation of DirectX is finally on its way. But a specter hung over Microsoft’s introduction of DirectX 12 at GDC on Thursday ...

Earlier this week, Intel released a graphics driver update that according to the chipmaker, boosts graphics performance by up to 30% for devices with 4th generation Haswell processors, in addition to ...

You don't necessarily need to upgrade your GPU for better gaming performance. On the software side, game patches and driver tuning can increase frame rates as well ...