Lowering graphics settings is widely regarded as the first step to fix poor gaming performance since it's the most straightforward way to improve frame rates without overclocking your GPU or upgrading ...

The year is drawing to a close, so there’s a very good chance that you now find yourself staring straight down the gaping maw of Windows 8. Maybe someone gave you a new Windows tablet or PC as a gift.

In what we believe to be the longest blog post ever posted on the web, Microsoft has detailed the extensive changes made to the Windows 8 graphics subsystem and DirectX 11.1. In short, everything in ...