James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

AMD’s Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) technology dramatically reduces game shader loading times by over 95% in supported titles like Forza Horizon 6. PCWorld reports that ASD requires an AMD RDNA GPU, ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. PC gamers playing the latest titles will be more than aware of shader compilation, a process that can take a few minutes to complete, and one that's a ...

PC gamers who are tired of waiting for their games to “compile shaders” during some load times may want to dig into the latest beta version of the Nvidia App. Alongside new DLSS 4.5 Multi Frame ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Microsoft recently announced that it plans to address shader compilation stutter by bringing Advanced Shader Delivery for Windows to PC. After NVIDIA ...

If you have launched a AAA game on your PC recently, you know how long it can take to start. You are often left staring at the “Compiling Shaders” screen without knowing what is happening. In the most ...

TL;DR: PC gamers have likely noticed frequent stuttering or lengthy shader-compilation loading screens in many titles over the past few years. Microsoft unveiled a potential solution to the problem ...

Modern gamers are used to loading up a new game for the first time and being forced to wait multiple minutes while a “compiling shaders” step whirs away, optimizing advanced 3D effects for their ...

The study showed no link between load-managed players and a decreased risk of injury. Shaun Powell The NBA sent data from an exhaustive study to its teams this week that showed no link between ...

In games, nothing breaks player flow like a loading screen, and in virtual reality this problem is amplified tenfold. ‘Presence’ or ‘immersion’, the magical yet fragile feeling of ‘being there’, is ...

Allostatic load refers to the cumulative effects of stress on the body over time. The concept comes from a scientific theory on how stress affects physical health. According to the theory, high or ...

The engineers on Microsoft's DirectX team are always busy bees, constantly working on one improvement or another. Today, the team announced that it's taking initial steps to get rid of a perennial ...