The Inquirer-Home

Microsoft DX9 SDK beta 1 disclosed

Strolling in the shady glades of animation
Wed May 14 2003, 13:29
MICROSOFT'S DIRECTX 9.0 SDK will get a July beta one refresh, according to Windows site Neowin.

The site reports that the release will have new versions of the D3DX library, and also a set of fresh features.

Those include support for shader model 2.0, animation system updates, and a stack of other stuff.

According to Neowin, the support for shader model 2.0 will let the high level shader language use flow control with predication to cut down the number of instructions needed for advanced shaders.

There's much more information, here. µ

Share this:

Comments

There are no comments submitted yet. Do you have an interesting opinion? Then be the first to post a comment.

aboutus
Advertisement
Subscribe to INQ newsletters
Advertisement
INQ Poll

Authorities in several countries raided Megaupload recently, shut down all of its services, seized hundreds of servers and arrested several of its executives on criminal charges.

Do you think the move was justified?