Microsoft's update for Direct3D, with opacity micromaps and shader execution reordering now official features, will probably mean little to gamers but graphics devs are going to be happy

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by Nick Evanson

February 27, 2026

Microsoft's update for Direct3D, with opacity micromaps and shader execution reordering now official features, will probably mean little to gamers but graphics devs are going to be happy

And happy devs mean better games, right? Right??

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Originally published on PC Gamer on 2/27/2026