At Gamescom 2025, Microsoft presented a new technology that could prove very important for PC gaming: DirectX Advanced Shader Delivery. This system is designed as a potential solution to the problems ...

I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but one fateful day in the recent past videogames collectively decided that instead of compiling shaders while we were playing a game, it'd compile them before ...

Call of Duty: Warzone is a very popular first-person shooter game that needs to be updated regularly to keep working. But optimizing the shader installation process is one of the most common problems ...

Before Destiny 2 launched, not many people would have guessed that shaders would be a hot topic of discussion, yet here we are. The Destiny 2 shader system at first appeared to be an answer to fans' ...

Mesh shaders are one of the more interesting recent developments in computer graphics technology, despite that many users are very likely not heard of them, or only heard the name. In essence, mesh ...

Microsoft said Wednesday that it’s working to remove one of the frustrating headaches for PC gamers: the need to compile shaders. Microsoft said that it will release an AgilitySDK in September to ...