Sonunda DirectX 8.0 yarın download edilebilir şekilde Microsoft tarafından çıkarılacak. Nvidia’nın yeni gfafik çiği NV20’ye ve P4 ile hayatımıza girecek olan yeni komut seti SSE2’ye destek veren DirectX 8.0 aşağıdaki gelişmeleride beraberinde getirecek. En son beta olan Nvidia Detonator 7.17’de zaten DirectX 8.0 desteğiyle geliyor.
– Consolidated interfaces for DirectDraw and Direct3D simplify application development and improve performance.
– Improved graphics authoring tool integration eases development of optimal 3-D characters and environments.
– Vertex shaders and pixel shaders improve image realism.
– Consolidated DirectSound and DirectMusic interfaces simplify application development.
– DLS2 audio synthesis support improves instrument realism.
– DirectInput device mapping provides simplified device support.
– DirectPlay performance and scalability for massively multiplayer games has been improved.
– DirectPlay IP voice communication support is provided.
– DirectShow Editing Services APIs provide real-time compositing and editing of audio/video timelines.
– DirectShow supports reading and writing Windows Media Audio and Video (WMA and WMV).
– Microsoft TV Technologies support digital television.
