In a scary twist that reinforces Valve's distaste of Windows 8, it turns out that the Source engine -- the 3D engine that powers Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and Dota 2 -- runs faster on Ubuntu 12.04 and ...

When a new OpenGL specification has been released, its merely the standardization of OpenGL extensions that have been around for a long time. Implicitly stating OpenGL is always behind Direct3D in ...

Running Linux virtualized on Windows is set to speed up slightly, and so is running Windows apps on top of 64-bit Linux and ...

Microsoft has announced that it's working with Collabora to create mapping layers for OpenCL and OpenGL in DirectX 12, with the goal of supporting more productivity and creative apps. Microsoft has ...

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