Windows DirectX API reaches version 8.0 with new features aimed at game developers such as: improved graphics authoring tool integration to ease development of 3-D characters and environments, vertex shaders and pixel shaders to improve image realism, improved DirectPlay performance and scalability for massively multiplayer games, etc.
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Industry News – DirectX 8.0 released
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