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WebGPU Unleashed: A Practical Tutorial (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: webgpu, opengl, directx 12

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Software rendering in 500 lines of bare C++ (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: opengl, vulkan, metal

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Mac gaming is finally getting the overpowered upgrade it deserves (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | by Author | tags: game porting toolkit, apple silicon, macbook pro

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What to learn to be a graphics programmer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | get OpenGL Programming Guide → | tags: directx12, vulkan, metal

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A powerful new chapter for Windows PCs, accelerated by Nvidia RTX Spark (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-01 | by Windows Experience Blog | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia rtx spark, microsoft windows, nvidia silicon

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Bill Gates once starred in a bizarre Doom promo to push Windows 95 back in 1993 — tech mogul wore a trench coat, wielded a shotgun, and shot a demon, saying 'Who do you want to execute today?' (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-31 | by Mark Tyson | tags: windows 95, directx, microsoft

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Testing Nvidia's RTX Mega Geometry tech — VRAM-reducing tech a leap forward for path-traced rendering (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-09 | by Dan Mateescu | get Nvidia RTX Graphics Card → | tags: nvidia, rtx mega geometry, alan wake 2

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Nvidia rolls out its fix for PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-01 | get Nvidia Shader Cache Cleaner → | tags: nvidia, dlss 4.5, shader compilation

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Get a Windows 11 Pro license for just $12.97 (That’s a 93% discount!) (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-01 | get Windows 11 Pro License → | tags: windows 11 pro, tech deals, uefi

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PowerVR GPUs gain DirectX support as Imagination eyes PC market comeback (techspot.com)

2026-03-24 | get PowerVR GPU Graphics Card → | tags: powervr, directx, imagination

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Imagination Tech working on mainstream PC gaming with ‘ambitious graphics card and SoC design companies’ — shows off progress with DirectX 11 workloads (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-23 | by Mark Tyson | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: powervr, directx, imaginations technologies

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Intel's new feature can improve game loading times by up to 3x — Precompiled Shader Delivery comes to Arc Xe2 and Xe3 GPUs following DirectX SDK release (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get Intel Arc Shader Cache → | tags: intel, arc xe2, directx sdk

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MonoGame: A .NET framework for making cross-platform games (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-08 | get Unity → | tags: mono game, xbox, directx

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Drawing Text Isn't Simple: Benchmarking Console vs. Graphical Rendering (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-11 | get Graphics Card → | tags: directx, drawing, drawing text

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25 years ago today, Microsoft released DirectX 8 and changed PC graphics forever — How programmable shaders laid the groundwork for the future of modern GPU rendering (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-09 | by Hassam Nasir | get DirectX 8 → | tags: directx, graphics, hardware

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New DirectX7 emulation tool brings more games to Steam Deck, SteamOS, and other Linux distros through Vulkan, with caveats (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-08 | by Aaron Klotz | get Steam Deck → | tags: calls, developer, directx

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DXGI debugging: Microsoft put me on a list (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get laptop → | tags: arm64, directx, games