In summary DirectX 5.0 unified media services, supported entertainment, multimedia, and Internet development, enabled hardware innovation, and served developers, hardware makers, and end users. With DirectX 5.0, Microsoft delivered a more feature-rich, well-documented and robust set of services for developers. If you are running Windows 98, DirectX 5.0 is on your system and DirectX 5.0 for Windows NT is scheduled to be delivered with Windows NT 5.0 Stayed tuned, DirectX 6.0 is nearing imminence and DirectX 7.0 and 8.0 are under development.
