Microsoft first rolled out Advanced Shader Delivery in its SDK last September and added support to the ROG Xbox Ally as a ...

This is a major part of what causes those agonizing initial load times and those infuriating in-game "traversal stutters." ASD flips the script, allowing perfectly pre-compiled shaders to be delivered ...

At GDC 2026 this week, Microsoft, Intel, and Nvidia announced a new method for delivering precompiled shaders as part of game downloads, eliminating the long wait times when gamers first boot up a ...

Advanced Shader Delivery (ADC) is coming to Windows for PC game developers, eliminating the shader compilation process while ...

Microsoft says Xbox mode is coming to Windows 11 in April, bringing a console-style interface, faster game loading tools, and a unified PC strategy.

Intel's latest Arc driver introduces its Graphics Shader Distribution Service, cutting first load times by up to 2x on Arc B-series GPUs. The post Intel Arc update adds pre-compiled shaders to speed ...

Following in Nvidia's footsteps, Intel has now officially adopted Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery to make shader compilation much faster in games.

PC gamers often face multi-minute waits when starting a new game, as shaders, code that controls graphics effects, must be compiled for each ...

The new Xbox Mode that made its debut on ROG Xbox Ally handhelds will become available on all Windows 11 PCs starting in ...

A handful of games supported at launch.

DirectX, the Microsoft technology that allows PC games to talk to your gaming hardware, is going to build in support for the AI technologies that graphics vendors are already using.

'Getting games running smoothly is always a partnership between developers and hardware makers.' ...