Today, we're going to be getting down and dirty with shader models. No, not Kate Moss or Naomi Campbell - shader models, Microsoft standards that define the capabilities of graphics platforms. How ...

Shader Model 5.0 is old, having come out in 2009 with DirectX 11. It's long overdue for some innovation and a few changes to make it better than it is. Sure, games look great using the underlying ...

A couple of enterprising BioShock fans have begun a project to make the game run on video cards that don’t support Shader Model 3.0. While 2K has yet to comment, efforts to improve the unofficial ...

As we start out this Friday morning, we've got multiple reports of sites who've had time to work with the latest Far Cry patch v1.2 and Shader Model 3.0. It's no secret this is one of the best games I ...

Since the series 6600 is basically a product based on its big brother the 6800, it does feature all goodies the 6800 has, including full DirectX 9.0c support. That also includes UltraShadow II, the ...

Good afternoon HotHardware fans! How are you all doing today? I take it your weekends were good! We've been getting some nagging rain for the past few days here in New York, but other than that things ...

The shader system has fans accusing the developer of caving to corporate greed The shader system has fans accusing the developer of caving to corporate greed is a Senior Producer on Decoder.

As with all technological changes, things haven't exactly gone according to plan when it comes to the upgrade path, because hardware vendors haven't all leapt on board with the same degree of ...