http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/directx 11 http://kotaku.com/tag/directx 11

As predicted, Crysis 2's Ultra Upgrade hit today, giving PC gamers full DirectX support for the shooter. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5815901&view=rss&microfeed=true Details are basically non-existent, but Crytek has officially announced that there will be a DirectX 11 patch for Crysis 2 to take full advantage of modern PC gaming hardware. [MyCrysis.com] (Thanks, Kyle!) More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5790247&view=rss&microfeed=true

This is a new demo for 3DMark 11, the latest version of the venerable PC graphics benchmarking tool. It's basically showing what a PC game running DirectX 11 at full settings would look like. In your dreams. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5669407&view=rss&microfeed=true

4A Games and THQ would like everyone to know that their upcoming post-apocalyptic shooter Metro 2033 will feature "the most advanced DX11 techniques yet seen" on your PC. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5473644&view=rss&microfeed=true

Curious to see which games will support the latest in PC graphics wizardry, DirectX 11? There's no better place to look than this list provided by AMD. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5405325&view=rss&microfeed=true

Codemasters trotted out the PC version of Colin McRae: DiRT 2 today at the Windows 7 launch in New York, showing off the snazzy DirectX 11 features the game was delayed for. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5387606&view=rss&microfeed=true

DirectX11 hits alongside Windows 7 later this month, and with it will usher in a new generation of pretty, oh so pretty PC games. Yet the first game to support DirectX11 won't be a shooter. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5371466&view=rss&microfeed=true

Completely pointless from a consumer standpoint, we know, but then, we also know this kind of stuff is cool regardless; witness one of AMD's new DirectX 11 graphics cards running a game on six monitors. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5356980&view=rss&microfeed=true

The PC version of Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is being driven to December in order to make sure the title supports the hardware tessellation, multi-threading and Shader Model 5.0 technology coming in DirectX 11. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5308322&view=rss&microfeed=true

When Windows Vista shipped, it shipped alongside DirectX 10. DirectX 10 would only run with Vista. It wouldn't run with the faster, more stable, more popular Windows XP. This made those running games on XP unhappy. Well, fast forward a few years, and the next release of a Windows OS - Windows 7 - won't be repeating the same mistake. Microsoft's Product Marketing Manager Windows, Ben Basaric, has gone on record saying that while Windows 7 will be shipping with DX11 support (which will add features like allowing a graphics processor to process more than just graphics), it will also run on Windows Vista. So no need to go upgrading. Well...unless you're one of millions still using XP... More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5096415&view=rss&microfeed=true

Do you feel that, PC gamers? That pressure? It's the future, bearing relentlessly down upon you. While many PC gamers are still without DirextX 10, thanks to its Vista-only segregation, word on the PC tech streets (in this case, Graphics Whore boulevard) is that DirectX 11 will be announced by Microsoft later this month, no doubt accompanied by pictures of Crysis featuring all kinds of lighting and environmental effects you won't be able to see/afford until 2011. The announcement's supposed to take place on July 22-23 at the XNA Gamefest event in Seattle. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5023632&view=rss&microfeed=true