Futuremark has released a new segment of its popular 3DMark graphics testing suite called "API Overhead". The goal is simple: establish which CPU+GPU+API combination offers the best possible ...

Futuremark added the Vulkan API to its Overhead test in 3Dmark, letting users see how their system handles draw calls in DirectX 11, 12, and now Vulkan. Although Vulkan should decimate DirectX 11 in ...

While Microsoft’s DirectX 12 may have been the first low-level API to appear on PC (excepting AMD’s proprietary Mantle API), its arch-rival Vulkan is potentially more interesting. Vulkan promises to ...

Rainbow Six Siege developers replaced Vulkan API with DirectX 12 API during the Operation Twin Shells season. The decision came out of the blue and took the players by surprise, facing immense ...

What is a graphics API? API is short for application programming interface. When it comes to video games on the PC, developers almost always use one of the popular APIs to bring the games to life on ...

Since it launched in 2016, Vulkan has been positioned as a DirectX killer. It’s been a slow start, but the open software interface has gained a lot of momentum over the past six years, showing up in ...

We grabbed a batch of graphics cards and will not start our test session. Next to the Light version of low power PCs, Steel Nomad offers an option to test in both DirectX 12 and Vulkan. And this ...