You may recall that just a couple of days ago we posted about Intel's new Arc Graphics Precompiled Shader Distribution. This is an implementation of Microsoft's ...

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Borderlands 4 developer Gearbox has asked PC gamers to wait 15 minutes for shaders to compile in the background while playing after some said this week’s update had caused increased stuttering. The ...

PC gaming is wonderful. You can customize games as much as you desire, run them at high framerates, and enjoy all sorts of other useful advantages. But one really annoying part of gaming on a PC in ...

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In context: Shader compilation has long been one of PC gaming's biggest headaches. It's the invisible process behind the stunning graphics and effects that make modern games shine, but it often comes ...

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The first and most important thing is to make sure you are actually stuck and not just stalled on a particular value. When I was installing the game, I stalled at 77% for a good five minutes or so.