Infobox Windows component name DirectX logo Microsoft DirectX Logo wordmark.svg logo size 250px screenshot ... replaced by related components Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interface ... of the name Xbox to indicate that the console was based on DirectX technology. ref http findarticles.com ... such as XInput and the Cross platform Audio Creation Tool XACT , while the DirectX pattern has been ... DirectX is widely used in the development of video game s for Microsoft Windows , Microsoft Xbox , Microsoft ... publicized component of DirectX, it is common to see the names DirectX and Direct3D used interchangeably. The DirectX software development kit software development kit SDK consists of runtime library ... by the user. Windows 95 did not launch with DirectX, but DirectX was included with Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2. ref http www.computerhope.com directx.htm DirectX Help Bot generated title ref Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 both shipped with DirectX, as has every version of Windows released since ... Preview, DirectX SDK has been integrated into Windows SDK. ref name wheresDX http msdn.microsoft.com en us library ee663275 28v VS.85 29.aspx MSDN Windows Development Where is the DirectX SDK? ref ... Window Manager . History Image DxDiag 4.06.02.0436 showing DirectX 1.0.png thumb 271px DxDiag from DirectX 6.1 4.06.02.0436 running on br Windows 95 and DirectX 1.0 In late 1994, Microsoft was ready ... to fix this problem, with a solution that they eventually named DirectX. The first version of DirectX ... APIs for Windows 3.1 . DirectX allowed all versions of Microsoft Windows, starting with Windows 95, to incorporate high performance multimedia. Eisler wrote about the frenzy to build DirectX 1 through 5 in his blog. ref http craig.theeislers.com 2006 02 directx then and now part 1.php Craig Eisler s blog post about the frenzy to build DirectX 1 through 5 on craig.theeislers.com ref Initial adoption of DirectX by game developers was slow. ref name Loyd cite book last Case first Loyd title Building ... more details
Image Dxmlogomsmall.png thumb right 150px Logo of the DirectX Media SDK DirectX Media is a set of multimedia related API s for Microsoft Windows complementing DirectX . It included DirectAnimation for 2D 3D ref http www.asahi net.or.jp RB6K IID space.html 3D Animation of SPACE FIGHTER by DIRECT ANIMATION ref web animation , DirectShow for multimedia playback and streaming media , DirectX Transform for web interactivity, and Direct3D Retained Mode for higher level 3D graphics. DirectShow additionally contained DirectX plugin s for audio signal processing and DXVA DirectX Video Acceleration for accelerated video playback. DirectX Media Run time system runtime components were distributed as part of Internet Explorer . DirectX Media SDK and DirectX SDK existed as two separate SDKs until DirectX 6.0. Later on, Microsoft deprecated DirectX Media and integrated DirectShow, the key part of DirectX Media, into DirectX. As of April 2005, DirectShow was removed from DirectX and moved to the Microsoft Platform SDK instead. DirectX is, however, still required to build the DirectShow samples. DirectShow and its components are to be gradually deprecated in favor of the newer Media Foundation . References references External links http msdn.microsoft.com archive default.asp?url archive en us dnarmulmed html msdn directan.asp DirectAnimation MSDN http msdn.microsoft.com workshop browser filter overview whatisdxtrans.asp DirectX Transform MSDN Internet Explorer DEFAULTSORT Directx Media Category Microsoft application programming interfaces Category Discontinued Microsoft software Category DirectX Media PAGENAME Category Internet Explorer Category Discontinued software ... more details
Infobox Software name Managed DirectX logo screenshot caption developer Microsoft latest release version operating system Microsoft Windows genre license Freeware website status Discontinued Managed DirectX MDX is an API to DirectX programming under Microsoft .NET .NET developed by Microsoft . MDX can be used from any language under the .NET runtime via the Common Language Runtime CLR . MDX can be used to develop multimedia and interactive applications e.g. games, compiled only to x86 , enabling high performance graphical representation and enabling the programmer to make use of modern graphical hardware while working inside the .NET framework. Managed DirectX was first released in 2002 to allow less complicated access to the DirectX API through the .NET framework. The Managed DirectX SDK allows developers access to numerous classes which allow the rendering of 3D graphics Direct3D and the other DirectX API s in a much easier, object oriented manner. MDX, however, does not support the newer APIs such as Direct3D Direct3D 10 , XInput , and XAudio 2 . MDX is currently deprecated in favour of Microsoft XNA XNA Game Studio Express . It is, however, possible to use some other, more direct APIs to the DirectX framework such as the open source SlimDX and SharpDX project. Versions MDX 1.1 ... similar to DirectX 9. MDX 2.0 beta Was canceled while still in beta. Is no longer available. MDX 2.0 ... XNA SlimDX SharpDX External links http msdn.microsoft.com directx Microsoft Development Centre DirectX http msdn.microsoft.com directx sdk Microsoft DirectX SDK downloads http www.microsoft.com windows directx default.mspx Download DirectX redist http www.mdxinfo.com MDX info http slimdx.mdxinfo.com ... http www.neotitans.com resources dot net mdx ironpython 1.html Managed DirectX with IronPython tutorial Microsoft APIs Category Video game development Category DirectX Category Microsoft development tools pl Managed DirectX ... more details
DirectX Video Acceleration DXVA is a Microsoft API specification for the Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 platforms that allows Digital video video codec decoding to be hardware accelerated. The pipeline software pipeline allows certain CPU intensive operations such as Inverse discrete cosine transform iDCT , motion compensation and deinterlacing to be offloaded to the GPU . DXVA 2.0 allows more operations, including video capturing and processing operations, to be hardware accelerated as well. DXVA works in conjunction with the video renderer video rendering model used by the video card . DXVA 1.0, which was introduced as a standardized API with Windows 2000 and is currently available on Windows 98 or later, can use either the overlay overlay rendering mode or Video Mixing Renderer VMR 7 9 . ref name dxva2 cite web title DirectX Video Acceleration 2.0 url http msdn2.microsoft.com en us library aa965263.aspx accessdate 2007 10 24 ref DXVA 2.0, available only on Windows Vista , Windows 7 , Windows 8 and later OSs, integrates with Media Foundation MF and uses the Enhanced Video Renderer EVR present in MF. ref name dxva2 Overview The DXVA is used by video codec software video decoder s to define ... intro cite web url http msdn2.microsoft.com en us library ms799545.aspx title Introduction to DirectX ... Microsoft DirectX Video Acceleration DirectX VA support accessdate 2007 10 24 ref It also includes ... en us library ms798379.aspx title DirectX Video Acceleration accessdate 2007 10 24 ref ... External links http msdn2.microsoft.com en us library ms798379.aspx DirectX Video Acceleration http ... on the given computer Microsoft APIs Windows Components DEFAULTSORT Directx Video Acceleration Category Microsoft application programming interfaces Category DirectX Video Acceleration DirectX Video Acceleration Category Video acceleration Category Device drivers Category Microsoft Windows de DirectX Video Acceleration ko DirectX nl DirectX Video Acceleration ru DirectX Video Acceleration zh ... more details
mergeto Windows Display Driver Model date January 2012 DirectX Graphics Infrastructure DXGI is a user mode component of Windows Vista and above which provides a mapping between particular graphics APIs such as Direct3D 10.0 and above known in DXGI parlance as producers and the graphics kernel, which in turn interfaces with the user mode Windows Display Driver Model driver. DXGI provides objects to handle tasks such as enumerating graphics adapters and monitors, enumerating display modes, choosing buffer formats, sharing resources between processes such as between applications and the Desktop Window Manager , and presenting rendered frames to a window or monitor for display. Both Direct3D 10 and OpenGL applications in Windows Vista work through DXGI. DXGI 1.1 supports Direct3D 11 and WDDM 1.1 interfaces, ref name dxgi11 cite web url http msdn.microsoft.com en us library bb205075 28VS.85 29.aspx DXGI 1 1 title Windows DDK Changes in DXGI 1.1 publisher MSDN accessdate 2010 07 14 ref and was released with Windows 7 and Windows Vista Platform Update . It DXGI 1.2 supports Direct3D 11.1 and WDDM 1.2 it was released with Windows 8 Developer Preview. ref name dxgi12 http msdn.microsoft.com en us library hh404490 28v VS.85 29.aspx MSDN DXGI 1.2 Improvements ref DXGI Object Model DXGI provides the following objects Factory , which implements the IDXGIFactory interface, ref http msdn2.microsoft.com en us library bb174535 VS.85 .aspx IDXGIFactory interface ref and provides methods for enumerating hardware adapters, creating software adapters, creating swap chains, attaching a focus window. Adapter , which implements the IDXGIAdapter interface, ref http msdn2.microsoft.com en us library bb174523 VS.85 .aspx IDXGIAdapter interface ref and provides methods for enumerating outputs Output ... en us library bb205075.aspx DXGI overview DEFAULTSORT Directx Graphics Infrastructure Category DirectX Graphics Infrastructure DirectX Graphics Infrastructure Windows stub ... more details
This is a list of released and upcoming games that support DirectX 11 for Windows Vista and Windows 7 ... title Windows 7, DirectX 11 and Games date September 12, 2009 accessdate September 11, 2009 ... DirectX 9.0c mode and DirectX 11 mode. Anno 2070 ref name Anno 2070 cite web url http www.pcgameshardware.de ... Related Designs Ubisoft Real time strategy br City building game Only Supports DirectX 9.0c mode and DirectX 11 mode. Batman Arkham City ref name Batman Arkham City cite web url http www.geforce.com ... game Action adventure , beat em up , stealth game stealth Only Supports DirectX 9.0c mode and DirectX ... EA Phenomic Electronic Arts Real time Strategy Updated to support DirectX 11 on September 23, 2009. ref name PCGamesHardware cite web url http www.pcgameshardware.com aid,695776 Battleforge DirectX 11 patch is deployed News title Battleforge DirectX 11 patch is deployed date September 23, 2009 ... DirectX 10, 10.1 and 11 ref name Battlefield 3 cite web url http blogs.battlefield.ea.com battlefield ... EA Digital Illusions CE Electronic Arts First person shooter Supports DirectX 9.0c, DirectX 10, and DirectX ... , 4X Supports DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and DirectX 11 ref name Civilization V cite web url http news.bigdownload.com ... person shooter Updated to support DirectX 11 on June 27, 2011, also release High Res Texture Pack ref name Crysis 2 cite web url http www.crytek.com news crysis 2 ultra upgrade with the directx 11 available today for pc title CRYSIS 2 ULTRA UPGRADE WITH THE DIRECTX 11 AVAILABLE TODAY FOR PC date June ... http sites.amd.com us game games Pages colin mcrae dirt 2.aspx title Colin McRae DiRT 2 supports DirectX ... DirectX 9.0c mode and DirectX 11 mode. Deus Ex Human Revolution ref name Deus Ex Human Revolution ... May 24, 2011 br flagicon UK Codemasters Codemasters Racing game Racing Only Supports DirectX 9.0c mode and DirectX 11 mode. Dragon Age II ref name BioWare FAQ cite web publisher BioWare url http dragonage.bioware.com ... Electronic Arts Role playing video game RPG Only Supports DirectX 9.0c mode and DirectX 11 mode ... more details
This is a list of released and unreleased games that support DirectX 10 for Windows Vista and Windows ... MMORPG Updated Patch v1.04.5 to support DirectX 10 on March 25, 2009 ref name Age of Conan Hyborian ... cite web url http www.gbase.de PC news 8150 40298.html title Anno 1404 DirectX 10 Support date February ... Action adventure game Action adventure Uses the Anvil engine. Support for DirectX 10.1 was removed ... supports DirectX 10, 10.1 and 11 ref name Battlefield 3 cite web url http blogs.battlefield.ea.com ... EA Digital Illusions CE flagicon USA Electronic Arts First person shooter Also has support for DirectX ... real time strategy Also has support for DirectX 10.1 and DirectX 11 ref name BattleForge DX11 cite web url http www.pcgameshardware.com aid,695776 Battleforge DirectX 11 patch is deployed News title Battleforge DirectX 11 patch is deployed date September 23, 2009 accessdate July 1, 2011 ref ref ... DirectX 10.1 games with ATI Radeon Premium Graphics date accessdate July 2, 2011 ref . BioShock ref ... Patch v.1.1.1.0 to support DirectX 10 on June 20, 2007 ref name Call of Juarez Patch v.1.1.1.0 cite ... ref , also release DirectX 10 Enhancement Pack on October 12, 2007 ref name Call of Juarez DirectX ... 6180912&tag other user related content 3B2 title Call of Juarez DirectX 10 Enhancement Pack date ... support for DirectX 11 ref name Civilization V cite web url http news.bigdownload.com 2010 08 06 civilization ... v1.7 to support DirectX 10 on May 29, 2007 ref name Company of Heroes cite web url http companyofheroes.filefront.com ... game MMORPG Updated Module 8 to support DirectX 10 on October 29, 2008 ref name Dungeons & Dragons Online DirectX 10 cite web url http compendium.ddo.com wiki Release Notes Module 8 Official DX10 Support ... and also currently operating version has support for DirectX 11 ref name Dungeons & Dragons Online DirectX 11 cite web url http compendium.ddo.com wiki Release Notes Update 7 Official DirectX 11 Support ... Also has support for DirectX 10.1 ref name Far Cry 2 cite web url http www.wiyule.com 2008 10 ... more details
DirectSetup is an extremely simple library of functions for Installation computer programs install ing DirectX on a machine. It also provides a way to check the version of DirectX that is present. DirectSetup is part of the DirectX application programming interface . External links http msdn.microsoft.com en us library bb174600.aspx DirectSetup Documentation windows stub DEFAULTSORT Directsetup Category DirectX Setup PAGENAME pl DirectSetup zh DirectSetup ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2009 DirectDraw is part of Microsoft s DirectX application programming interface API . DirectDraw is used to Rendering computer graphics render Computer graphics graphics in applications where top performance is important. DirectDraw also allows applications to run fullscreen or embedded in a window such as most other MS Windows applications. DirectDraw uses hardware acceleration if it is available on the client s computer . DirectDraw allows direct access to video memory , hardware overlay s, hardware bit blit blitters , and Double buffering page flipping . Its video memory manager can manipulate video memory with ease, taking full advantage of the bit blit blitting and color decompression capabilities of different types of video card display adapters . DirectDraw is a 2D computer graphics 2D API. That is, it contains commands for 2D rendering and does not support 3D computer graphics 3D hardware acceleration. A programmer could use DirectDraw to draw 3D graphics, but the rendering would be slow compared to an API such as Direct3D which does support 3D hardware acceleration. As of DirectX version 8.0, DirectDraw was merged into a new package called DirectX Graphics , which is really just Direct3D with a few DirectDraw API additions. DirectDraw can still be used by programmers, but they must use older DirectX interfaces DirectX 7 and below . As of the release of the June 2010 DirectX SDK package, the DirectDraw header file and library computing library are no longer included. DirectDraw has been deprecated since version 7 but is still included with DirectX ... in Direct3D for 2D graphics. Managed DirectX includes a managed wrapper for DirectDraw. DirectDraw is now replaced by Direct2D . See also DirectDraw Surface Direct3D DirectX Microsoft APIs DEFAULTSORT ... DirectX Draw PAGENAME Category Article Feedback 5 windows stub ar fr DirectDraw ko ja DirectDraw pl DirectDraw zh DirectX Graphics ... more details
Multiple issues orphan April 2011 unreferenced April 2011 The .X file is a file extension used by many programs and programmers as a simple mesh file. It is a DirectX file that can be viewed in the DirectX Viewer, a program available with the 2008 DirectX June SDK Software development kit Software Development Kit . Although it is not the highest quality 3D computer graphics 3D file format, not graphically enhanced, moderate quality it is an efficient 3D model mesh file format because of how easy it is to load into programs and games. Category DirectX Category Graphics file formats Graphics software stub ... more details
notability date December 2010 refimprove date December 2010 Infobox software name SharpDX screenshot File Sharpdxlogo.png caption SharpDX Logo br SharpDX is at DirectX what C is at C . developer Alexandre Mutel latest release version 1.0 latest release date start date and age 2010 November 30 df no platform Microsoft Windows genre Application framework license http sharpdx.googlecode.com svn history r58 trunk License.txt MIT license website url http code.google.com p sharpdx SharpDX SharpDX is an open source platform independent Managed DirectX API for the Microsoft .NET .NET . This new API is directly auto generated from DirectX C SDK Headers ref cite web title A new managed .NET C Direct3D 11 API generated from DirectX SDK headers url http code4k.blogspot.com 2010 10 managed netc direct3d 11 api generated.html ref and the generated code is purely written in C without using any C CLI assemblies, while still being able to achieve comparable performance. The API naming convention has been kept as much as possible similar to the well known SlimDX API, which is currently using C CLI assemblies. Also, the aim of SharpDX is to provide, on top of the lower APIs Direct3D11, DXGI, D3DCompiler... , a higher API level similar to XNA but using latest DirectX technology. The version 1.0 is fully supporting the following low level DirectX APIs Direct3D 9, 10.0, 10.1, 11 DXGI 1.0, 1.1 DirectInput , XInput DirectSound , XAudio 2 , XAPO Direct2D , DirectWrite D3DCompiler See also Microsoft XNA Managed DirectX DirectX SlimDX References Reflist 2 External links http code.google.com p sharpdx SharpDX http www.directx4.net quote sharpdx Article about SharpDX in Russian Developer blog http code4k.blogspot.com Alexandre Mutel DEFAULTSORT Sharpdx Category Video game development Category Video game creation software Category DirectX Category Software using the MIT license ... more details
X1000 may refer to Radeon R520 , line of DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.0 3D accelerator X1000 video cards from ATI AmigaOne X1000 , PowerPC based computer intended as a high end platform for AmigaOS 4 disambig ... more details
Vaz also may refer to Vaz surname , people named Vaz VAZ Plus , a Virtual Studio Technology and DirectX plugin that simulates a subtractive synthesizer VAZ 2010 , a Virtual Studio Technology and DirectX host and plugin that simulates 16 synthesizers, effects and a mixer VAZ Modular , a Virtual Studio Technology and DirectX host and plugin that emulates 16 modular synthesizer s, effects and a mixer VAZ band , an american noise rock band AutoVAZ , a Russian automobile manufacturer dab de Vaz fr Vaz ja ... more details
Primary sources date April 2009 Cleanup date April 2009 DirectPlay is part of Microsoft s DirectX API . DirectPlay is a network communication library intended for computer game development, although its general nature certainly allows it to be used for other purposes. DirectPlay is a high level software interface between applications and communication services that makes it easy to connect games over the Internet , a modem link, or a computer network network . DirectPlay features a set of tools that allow players to find game sessions and sites to manage the flow of information between hosts and players ... Address Translation NAT . DirectPlay, as the rest of DirectX, runs in COM and it is accessed through ... thought to avoid the usual threading issues. Since DirectX version 9, this issue can be alleviated ... of the receiver. DirectPlay Voice DirectPlay Voice was introduced in Windows Me as part of DirectX ... Microsoft DirectX to Feature Real Time Voice Technology DirectPlay Voice API Enhances Multiplayer ... itself. Current status DirectPlay was traditionally one of the components of DirectX that received less attention, but for DirectX version 8 it received a major overhaul and became a relatively lightweight ... PCs . DirectPlay will be supported in DirectX DLLs for the lifetime of Microsoft Windows XP, but from ... 8506e5acf571&DisplayLang en DirectX August 2007 SDK ref the headers and libraries &mdash vital components ... from DirectX SDK. In Windows Vista , DirectPlay has been deprecated and DirectPlay Voice and DirectPlay ... library bb219721.aspx What changes were made to the DirectX runtime for Windows Vista DirectX FAQs ref See also DirectX References reflist External links LIK BROKEN http msdn.microsoft.com archive default.asp?url archive en us directx9 c directx play dplay.asp?frame true Microsoft s DirectPlay documentation ...&DisplayLang en Microsoft DirectX 9 The last SDK to ship with DirectPlay headers and libraries. Microsoft APIs DEFAULTSORT Directplay Category DirectX Play PAGENAME es DirectPlay fr DirectPlay nl DirectPlay ... more details
Quadruple D which stands for Do the DirectDraw with Delphi is a DirectX library for Borland Delphi Delphi developed by a Japanese programmer named SANDMAN . It has become the de facto graphics library for Japanese PC games written in Delphi. In addition to DirectX routines, the library also includes the Quadruple D Archiver tool, and contains functions to read files from the .QDA archives created by the archiver. External links ja icon http www fu.magma.ne.jp hayase dddd whats.html Information page Category Video game creation software computer stub ... more details
Infobox VG title IL 2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover image File IL2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover cover.jpg 256px Cover art developer 1C Company 1C Maddox Games publisher vgrelease new CIS 1C Company INT Ubisoft released vgrelease new CIS 2011 03 25 EU 2011 03 31 NA 2011 07 19 genre Combat flight simulator modes Single player , Multiplayer ratings vgratings ESRB T PEGI 16 version v1.05.15950 platforms Microsoft Windows requirements Minimum OS Windows XP SP3 Windows Vista SP2 Windows 7 Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 3800 Memory 2 GB Graphics DirectX 9.0c compliant, 512 MB Video Card DirectX DirectX 9.0c Hard Drive 10 GB free disk space Sound DirectX 9.0c compatible Multiplay Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster Recommended OS Windows XP SP3 Windows Vista SP2 Windows 7 Processor Intel Intel Core i5 Core i5 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom II Phenom II X4 2.6 GHz Memory 4 GB Graphics DirectX 10 compliant, 1 GB Video Card DirectX DirectX 10.0 Hard Drive 10 GB free disk space Sound DirectX 9.0c compatible Multiplay Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster IL 2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover is a World War II flight simulator developed by the Russian software house 1C Company 1C Maddox Games . It is a spiritual successor to IL 2 Sturmovik video game IL 2 Sturmovik 1946 . The game was originally called Storm of War Battle of Britain and scheduled as a November 2006 release. ref http www.ubi.com US News Info.aspx?nId 3950 UbiSoft press release Ubisoft Rides Into The Storm of War Battle of Britain ref In January 2011 Ubisoft revealed the current name for the game and release date of 31 March 2011. ref http www.ubi.com UK Games Info.aspx?pId 9329 ref Upon Russian and EU release, the developers acknowledged a number of serious bugs and performance issues, and are correcting via patches. ref http forum.1cpublishing.eu showthread.php?t 20055 IL 2 Sturmovik Official 1C Company forum ref ref h ... more details
Microsoft DirectCompute is an application programming interface API that supports GPGPU general purpose computing on graphics processing units on Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 . DirectCompute is part of the Microsoft DirectX collection of APIs and was initially released with the DirectX 11 API but runs on both DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 graphics processing units. ref http www.nvidia.com object directcompute.html DirectCompute Support on NVIDIA s CUDA Architecture GPUs ref ref http blogs.amd.com nigeldessau 2009 09 22 speaking directly Nigel Dessau, senior VP and CMO at AMD, about DirectCompute ref The DirectCompute architecture shares a range of computational interfaces with its competitors the Khronos Group s OpenCL Open Computing Language OpenCL and NVIDIA s CUDA Compute Unified Device Architecture CUDA . See also OpenCL CUDA GPGPU References references External links http msdn.microsoft.com en us library ff476331 28v VS.85 29.aspx Compute Shader Overview http www.microsoft.com video en us details 6ef116dc b1d9 41db 8a7b db1932ff72a5 Example of DirectCompute for Next Generation Game Effects http blogs.amd.com play 2009 09 09 directx 11 E2 80 93 what to expect DirectCompute for AMD http www.nvidia.com object cuda directcompute.html Cuda DirectCompute for NVIDIA http benchmarkreviews.com index.php?option com content&task view&id 8374&Itemid 47 AMD and CyberLink announcement about Accelerated Video Applications with Windows 7 DirectX 11 DirectCompute http www.ngohq.com news 16710 first directcompute benchmark released.html DirectCompute Benchmark DEFAULTSORT Directcompute Category GPGPU ko ja DirectCompute pl DirectCompute ru DirectCompute zh DirectCompute ... more details
Reality Lab was a 3D computer graphics API created by RenderMorphics to provide a standardized interface for writing games. It was one of the main contenders in the realtime 3D middleware marketplace at the time, alongside Criterion Software s RenderWare and Argonaut Software s BRender . Reality Lab was a scene graph API that would run with acceptable performance on graphics card s or the host computer s CPU . After a short time on the market, RenderMorphics was purchased by Microsoft in February 1995 ref http www.qubesoft.com index.php?main management.html Qube Software Servan Keondjian and Doug Rabson founded Qube after leaving Microsoft. ref and Reality Lab formed the basis for Direct3D splitting into separate immediate mode and retained mode APIs . Direct3D shipped for the first time in the DirectX 2.0 SDK in June 1996. At the time Reality Lab was being created, graphics cards were very simple and only helped with the final step of the rendering process. As the cards gained functionality, the original Reality Lab based Direct3D changed considerably into its modern form. Company RenderMorphics was founded in 1992 by Servan Keondjian , Doug Rabson and Kate Seekings . References reflist cite book last Drummond first Michael title Renegades of the Empire How Three Software Warriors Started a Revolution Behind the Walls of Fortress Microsoft year 2000 month November publisher Three Rivers Press location California isbn 978 0609807453 Covers the early years of DirectX development within Microsoft, including the acquisition of RenderMorphics. Category DirectX software stub ... more details
The function of the vertex pipeline in any Graphics processing unit GPU is to take geometry data usually supplied as vector points , work with it if needed with either fixed function processes earlier DirectX , or a vertex shader program later DirectX , and create all of the 3D data points in a scene to a 2D plane for display on a computer Computer display monitor . It is possible to eliminate unneeded data from going through the rendering pipeline to cut out extraneous work called view volume clipping and backface culling . After the vertex engine is done working with the geometry, all the 2D calculated data is sent to the pixel engine for further processing such as texturing and fragment shading. As of DirectX 9c, the vertex processor is able to do the following by programming the vertex processing under the Direct X API Tessellation Displacement mapping Geometry blending Higher order primitives Point sprites Matrix stacks External links http www.anandtech.com video showdoc.aspx?i 2044&p 3 Anandtech Article http msdn.microsoft.com library default.asp?url library en us directx9 c Vertex Pipeline.asp MSDN Programming Guide for Vertex Processing Category Image processing Category Graphics standards ... more details
Accelerator is a data parallelism data parallel library computing library being developed by Microsoft Research . It allows data parallel programs to be written that runs on the GPU . It utilizes the DirectX runtime and shader programs to communicate with the GPU . The public API of the library is exposed using managed code External links http research.microsoft.com en us projects accelerator Accelerator Microsoft Research Microsoft Research Microsoft software stub Category Concurrent programming libraries Category Microsoft Research ru Accelerator ... more details
morefootnotes date March 2010 Infobox VG image File Conga Bugs logo.jpg 200px caption title Conga Bugs publisher GameTantra engine OGRE3D genre Puzzle game Puzzle modes Single player released 2009 platforms Personal computer PC media download input Mouse computing mouse Conga Bugs is a PC Casual Game by GameTantra , a newly formed publishing and distribution label of Dhruva Interactive . GameTantra primarily focuses on the development and publishing of casual games for India s domestic and international markets. Description Image 5 Levels Rollercoaster.jpg thumb 154px A level from Conga Bugs Conga Bugs is an action game action puzzle game in which players have to match bugs of similar colours within a time limit. Conga Bugs is Dhruva Infotech s first PC casual game under the GameTantra banner. It features 3D graphics and various gameplay modes. System requirements Image 3 Cutscenes.jpg thumb 154px The story is told though comic book style panels with voice narration Windows Version s Supported 95, XP SP2, Vista NT 98 ME 2000 not tested Processor Clock Speed Minimum P3 450 MHz, Recommended P4 1 GHz RAM Minimum 256 MB, Recommended 1 GB Hard Disk Space 70 MB for Uncompressed Installation. 100 MB for Temporary Files. Graphics card Any Windows and DirectX Compatible 3D Accelerated Card, with at least 32 MB On Board Memory DirectX Version Minimum DirectX 7.1. Recommended DirectX 9 Sound Card Any Windows and OpenAL Compatible Sound Card Reception In February 2009, GameZebo gave Conga Bugs a rating of 4 5. ref Cite web url http www.gamezebo.com games conga bugs review title Conga Bugs Review publisher GameZebo date 2009 12 02 first Chad last Sapieha accessdate 2009 05 14 ref References reflist External links Official http www.congabugs.com http www.dhruva.com Dhruva Interactive Category 2009 video games Category Windows games ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Image Microsoft PIX.png 300px thumb PIX 9.11.519.000 debugging a demo computer programming demo , showing a rendertarget, later used for postprocessing. PIX originally short for Performance Investigator for Xbox is a performance analysis tool from Microsoft that can help software developers maximize the efficiency of Direct3D applications. Originally for the Xbox video game console , Microsoft has released it for the Microsoft Windows Windows platform as part of the Microsoft DirectX SDK to aid game developers. Features PIX can take a snapshot of an application running, store the calls to Direct3D and data used in that single frame, and recreate the frame step by step, allowing the programmer to see the intermediate contents of various buffers and devices, debug individual vertices and pixels, or see which call took the most processing time. External links http msdn.microsoft.com en us library ee417062 28v VS.85 29.aspx MSDN PIX documentation programming software stub xbox stub Category Microsoft development tools Category Xbox Category Microsoft software Category DirectX zh PIX ... more details
Infobox VG title 4x4 Hummer image File 4X4 Hummer Cover.jpg 250px developer Avalon Style Entertainment publisher 505 Games 1C Company distributor Aspyr Media Retail GamersGate Online GamesPlanet Online released vgrelease Russia RU November 30, 2007 EU April 4, 2008 NA June 15, 2009 ref name ign genre Racing modes Single player ratings vgratings PEGI 7 ESRB Everyone platforms Personal computer PC requirements Media CD Digital Download requirements Minimum System Windows XP Windows Vista Processor 2.4 GHz Pentium IV RAM 512 megabyte MB Graphics card 256 megabyte MB Sound card DirectX compatible Hard drive 6 gigabyte GB of free space DirectX DirectX 9.0c Recommended System Windows XP Windows Vista Processor 3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or Athlon AMD 64 X2 4200 1.5 GHz RAM 2 gigabyte GB Graphics card 256 megabyte MB Sound card DirectX compatible Hard drive 6 gigabyte GB of free space DirectX DirectX 9.0c input Keyboard computing Keyboard 4x4 Hummer lang ru 2 Hummer is a road simulation computer game developed by Avalon Style Entertainment . It is published in the European Union by 505 Games , by Aspyr Media in North America, and by 1C Company in Russia . ref name ign cite web url http pc.ign.com objects 142 14252281.html title 4x4 Hummer 2009 publisher IGN accessdate 2009 10 18 ref Gameplay 4x4 Hummer is a road simulation game where players drive various brands of Hummer and other General Motors GM vehicles in different environments, such as the Grand Canyon , Crimea , and Egypt . The player may change almost anything about the 4x4s From tyres to the GPS. It has not yet been reviewed. ref name ign ref name gamespot cite web url http www.gamespot.com pc driving 4x4hummer index.html?tag result title 0 title 4x4 Hummer for PC publisher GameSpot accessdate 2009 10 18 ref ref name gamezone cite web url http pc.gamezone.com gzreviews p35606.htm title 4x4 Hummer Preview publisher Gamezone accessdate 2009 10 18 ... more details
Orphan date September 2011 Infobox VG title Rig N Roll image File Rig N Roll Cover.jpg 250px developer SoftLab NSK publisher ValuSoft 1C Company distributor ValuSoft Retail GamersGate Online GamesPlanet Online Steam Online YuPlay Online released vgrelease Russia RU November 27, 2009 NA April 16, 2010 genre Racing modes Single player ratings vgratings PEGI 12 ESRB Teen platforms Personal computer PC requirements Media DVD Digital Download requirements Minimum System Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Processor 2.4 GHz Pentium IV RAM 1.0 megabyte MB Graphics card 128 megabyte MB Nvidia GeForce 5700 or ATI Radeon X800 Sound card DirectX compatible Hard drive 10 gigabyte GB of free space DirectX DirectX 9.0c Recommended System Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Processor 3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or Athlon AMD 64 X2 4200 3.0 GHz RAM 2 gigabyte GB Graphics card 256 megabyte MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon HD 3870 Sound card DirectX compatible Hard drive 10 gigabyte GB of free space DirectX DirectX 9.0c input Keyboard computing Keyboard Rig N Roll also known as Rig and Roll , is a computer game published by 1C in Russia, and was issued as a DRM free game by ValuSoft , in North America. Story The game is identical to the 18 Wheels of Steel series, the only difference is that it have a different story. The game takes place in California, in the year of 2014. Just like in 18 Wheels of Steel series, your task in the game, is to deliver goods. You start the game as a cigarette selling truck driver. Later in the game, you will sell fruits, vegetables, etc. References Reflist http www.rignroll.com Official website of the game http store.steampowered.com app 46370 ?snr 1 7 suggest 13 Rig N Roll on Steam http www.gamersgate.com DD RNR rignroll Rig N Roll on GamersGate http yuplay.com search.php?search Rig and Roll Rig N Roll on YuPlay http uk.gamesplanet.com buy download pc games Rig n Roll 1845 ... more details
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