DirectX improves the compatibility of programs and games with PC hardware. Also DirectX is a set of API programming tools for Microsoft Windows.
It is widely used for writing computer games. Often new versions of DirectX are shipped together with gaming applications. Without the computer technology DirectX, it is difficult to imagine the modern gaming industry. It is necessary for creators of multimedia applications and games, for software manufacturers, ordinary users.
Key features and core functionality of DirectX:
The package will fix game launch errors that require DirectX 11 and 10.1 files, allow running games in software (video card does not support DX), and hardware (video card supports DX) emulation modes of DirectX11. In fact, all parts of the DirectX API represent a set of COM-compatible objects.
Among the main features, it is necessary to mention the capabilities of expanding the functions of the graphics processor, not limited to processing special effects, textures and models, making game graphics much more realistic. In the 11th version, multithreading has been improved, hardware tessellation capabilities (creating smooth surfaces from many polygons) have been added. DirectX 11 contains many new functions, but it is built on the basis of DirectX 10. For heavy games like Doom, this package is vitally necessary, especially for the newest, latest versions of this game.
What is DirectX ?
- For Microsoft – this is a set of low-level software interfaces designed for creating games and other high-tech multimedia applications. Supports 2D- and 3D-graphics, sound and input devices.
- For the programmer – this is a driver package that forms an interface between hardware and software in the Windows environment.
- For ordinary "users" – this is an "acceleration thing", without which multimedia applications and games "lag" a lot.
DirectX greatly simplifies the life of programmers, increases the comfort of users and gamers.
What version of DirectX is on your PC installed?
To find out which version of DirectX is installed on your PC, you need to run DirectX Diagnostic Tool:
- click Start –> Run…;
- in the Run window, in the Open text field, type dxdiag, press OK;
- the Diagnostic Tool DirectX starts;
- on the System tab, the DirectX version is indicated at the bottom.
