Microsoft Ships Final Release of DirectX 7.0 Microsoft Ships Final Release of DirectX 7.0 Paul Jones
Today Microsoft announced availability of the Microsoft DirectX 7.0 application programming interface (API). The newest update to Microsoft's popular multimedia API delivers enhanced three-dimensional graphics and sound effects and a significant performance boost, among other features.
A set of advanced multimedia system services built into the Microsoft Windows operating system, DirectX provides software developers with a common set of instructions and components for quick, transparent access to a broad range of hardware peripherals without having to write hardware-specific code.
