DirectX just made shader execution reordering official, boosting ray tracing performance in games

The recently released Shader Model 6.9 brings Microsoft's official take on Shader Execution Reordering (SER) out of preview. Nvidia and a few game developers have already ...

M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon

Despite all the big under-the-hood changes, the basic hierarchy here remains the same as in past generations. The Pro tier ...
Hackaday

Back To Basics: Hacking On Key Matrixes

A lot of making goes on in this community these days, but sometimes you’ve just gotta do some old fashioned hacking. You might have grabbed an old Speak and Spell that you want to repurpose ...

Apple reveals M5 Pro and M5 Max silicon with an all-big-core design and big performance gains

Apple has introduced its newest professional silicon, the M5 Pro and M5 Max, marking a significant leap in performance for its high-end Macs. Built on an all-big-core design that focuses on raw ...
PCMag

Developer Uses Older AMD GPU for Game Demo, and the Results Are Impressive

Developer Pearl Abyss gave Digital Foundry preview footage of its upcoming open-world game Crimson Desert, and it used the last-generation RX 7900 XTX and Ryzen 9 7900X3D.