Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Microsoft is going all-in on handhelds, including some pretty big optimizations in how games are delivered via DirectX. One of the most annoying things ...

Shader compilation stutter has been one of PC gaming’s most persistent annoyances for years, and Microsoft just took a meaningful swing at fixing it on AMD hardware. The AMD Software: Adrenalin ...

Microsoft is working on Advanced Shader Delivery, a way to reduce launch times in games when they are first opened. Earlier today, Microsoft announced that the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X are launching ...

The new Asus Xbox Ally X handheld gaming PC will be one of the first to benefit from a new DirectX feature that promises to speed up your game load times. According to Microsoft, this advanced game ...

Microsoft is creating a new "advanced shader delivery" feature for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handhelds that might make loading games faster and more stutter-free. The company teased the upcoming feature ...

Microsoft has a fix for long shader compilation wait times. The system is called Advanced Shader Delivery, and it's being first introduced for ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handhelds and games listed on the Xbox ...

Learn about Advanced Shader Delivery in this latest Inside ROG Xbox Ally overview for the ROG Xbox Ally handheld device. The ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X are now available. Advanced Shader ...

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 ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Playing a modern PC game, we have all grown accustomed to the 'shader compilation' process, which can take seconds or several minutes to complete. This ...

If there's one thing PC gamers universally despise, it's shader compilation stutters, but it's also a drag to launch a brand-new game, ready to play, only to be ...

Advanced Shader Delivery will hopefully one day get rid of shader compilation loading bars on PC We may earn a commission when you buy through links on our sites ...