Microsoft DirectX 10 Final – DirectX 10.1

Last updated on February 17th, 2010 at 11:09 am

DirectX 10DirectX 10.1 will be the last and final update to the DirectX 10 application programming interface (API). The DirectX 10 will be exist in two versions only, 10.0 and 10.1 only, said Richard Huddy, worldwide developer relations manager of AMD’s graphics product group at a conference recently. The end of DirectX 10 means that Microsoft will start focusing on DirectX 11 after the DirectX 10.1 update is released. Meanwhile, the developers of graphics processing units (GPUs) will not need to add anymore new functionality to their products and will therefore have to focus on performance, rather than on innovation of functionality.

However, Microsoft encourages graphics companies like ATI and NVIDIA to keep on focusing improve the DirectX 10 performance rather than adding more features for the next few years, at least until the launch of DirectX 11. This could potentially pave the way for NVIDIA and ATI to work on multi-GPU graphics cards without the need to keep adding functionality.

Meanwhile. the end of DirectX 10 development has increased uncertainty whether ATI, graphics product group of AMD, and Nvidia Corp will change their DirectX 10/10.1 architectures going forward, or will rely on making large chips using thinner process technologies with higher amount of execution units as well as improving multi-GPU technologies.

Beside that, The DirectX 10.1 will be featured in Microsoft Windows Vista service pack 1, which is due to release on in Year 2008. Plus more, Microsoft  also release several DirectX9 shader models, including versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0b and 3.0 for DirectX 9 version.

Via XBitLabs

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  6. For Everyone,

    if you want to download DirectX 10 on your computer, you can try install latest Windows Vista Services Pack 1 which bundles with DirectX 10.1

  19. Where can i find DirectX 10 for XP I see it is some release i don’t know now does somebody know about that?

  22. Hi. Hoq can i get DirectX-10 for my 32 bit vista ? can anybody e-mail me link where can i download directX10 ?i realy need this for my games.

  29. shut the hell up all you people who want dx10 for xp. there’s no such thing. theres a hack that makes xp think it’s running dx10 but its not true-the rendering doesn’t change. and if your computer can’t run dx10 compatible games, then get a better pc. dx10.1 is not being released for vista for a while yet, because there were some problems, including the fact that microsoft wanted to introduce a new series of video cards that only supported dx10.1. do all you guys wanna buy a new video card for dx10.1? i don’t. so quit whining

  37. to robert mihalyi: mate you a twat! no dx10 for xp??!! welll well, im using “it” right now, and I can seee the improvements on my e8500, gtx280 xfx790i ultra beast. everything is far more detailed, filled in, etc etc….it may not be legit, but its damn close as to make no difference. so who’s the fool?

  41. common pls tell me where the heck can i download directx ten for windows xp to play assasins creed

  48. 2 all u guys who n33d DX10 or DX10.1:

    TH3R3 IS NO DX10.* 4 XP, NOR WILL TH3R3 B 1 IN FUTURE! AND TH3R3 IS NO R3ALLY WORKING DX10-WORKAROUND! D/L vista or win7 if you want 2 hav3 dx10! all D/Ls “dx10 4 xp” r fak3z and slow down your machin3, so DON’T DOWNLOAD THIS CRAP! xp doe3n´t know how 2 handl3 dx10, so forg3t it!

    2 all vista us3rs with probs @ DX10:

    D/L the SP1 again ….

    2 all lam3rs who don´t g3t th3 point:

    rot in h3av3n!

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