Microsoft Unveils Biggest DirectX Raytracing Upgrade Since 2018, Bringing More Efficient Ray Tracing To NVIDIA, AMD & Intel GPUs
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"Microsoft Unveils Biggest DirectX Raytracing Upgrade Since 2018, Bringing More Efficient Ray Tracing To NVIDIA, AMD & Intel GPUs" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include MIXED News, Visual Studio Magazine, GameDev.net and TechPowerUp. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (5)
- Microsoft’s new ray-tracing preview supports all RTX GPUs, with AMD starting at RX 9000 MIXED News · 10h ago
- PIX 2610.28 Expands Shader Profiling, GPU Crash Analysis and Agent Tools Visual Studio Magazine · 10h ago
- PIX 2610.28 GameDev.net · 10h ago
- Microsoft Unifies GPU Crash Diagnostics with DirectX Dump Files TechPowerUp · 10h ago
- Microsoft Unveils Biggest DirectX Raytracing Upgrade Since 2018, Bringing More Efficient Ray Tracing To NVIDIA, AMD & Intel GPUs Wccftech · 10h ago
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