DirectX is a necessary software component for nearly all multimedia-related tasks on Microsoft Windows computers, and it has been necessary ever since Windows 95 was released. DirectX version 9.0c was ...

Microsoft has released the beta of its first major revision of DirectX since DirectX 8 was released in late 2000. Like DX8, which introduced support for the programmable shader effects that were a ...

REDMOND, Wash. — May 30, 2002 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of beta version 1 of the Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 API, the latest version of Microsofts suite of multimedia application ...

We've been waiting for the first DirectX 10-capable game to appear, anything really. Windows Vista has been available for almost half a year, and we've been wasting our GeForce 8800 GTX's precious GPU ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. After an agonising wait of betas and release candidates, it looks like MS in their infinite wisdom ...

IIRC, DirectX 9 is backwards compatible so it shouldn't matter which version you install.<BR><BR>If your hardware cannot support a function present in DirectX 9 it just won't do that particular ...

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