‘Xbox One will see improved performance’ with DirectX 12, according to Microsoft

Microsoft’s new version of DirectX will boost performance on Xbox One as well as PC and mobile.

During a panel today at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft detailed its DirectX 12 application programming interfaces (APIs), which most pieces of software on Xbox One and PC use to communicate with a system’s graphics card. With this new update (that is due out in preview form later this year), developers will have more direct control over how hardware renders in-game visuals. This could lead to a boost in resolution, frame rate, and all around graphical fidelity. This is especially important for the Xbox One, which has had several games that don’t render at the same resolution as their PlayStation 4 counterparts.