The DxDiag tool reports detailed information about the DirectX components and drivers installed on your system and can be used. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. Type dxdiag in the search box. Or, just type dxdiag from Start. Updates will be available through Windows Update.
There is no stand-alone package for these versions of DirectX. DirectX There is no stand-alone update package for DirectX There is no stand-alone update package for this version. You can update DirectX by installing the service pack and update listed below. DirectX 10 is included in Windows Vista. Some applications and games require DirectX 9. However, your computer includes a more recent version of DirectX. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem. The default version of DirectX is different in every version of Windows.
These are only the major updates that I have listed. There were quite a few other updates and versions which were either minor or Operating System specific. If you want to know more about all the versions of DirectX, you may visit this Wikipedia page. If you are a hardcore gamer or a multimedia enthusiast, then you will love every bit of the new versions of DirectX. If you are still using Windows XP, just update its DirectX to the latest version and see the difference yourself.
The same thing applies to Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. While DirectX takes care of both display and audio, there are three major features of DirectX that you may enable or disable as per your requirement. For optimum performance, all three of these features should be enabled. To enable or disable these features, follow the steps below:. Please note that if you have multiple graphics cards installed in your PC, there will be multiple display tabs for each graphics card. You can enable or disable DirectX features for each graphics card separately.
Date Published:. File Size:. System Requirements Supported Operating System. Install Instructions Click the Download button on this page to start the download, or choose a different language from the drop-down list and click Go. However, Visual Studio will no longer be supported. PIX will now display specific string data for objects in the Object Table and other user interface elements where a human-readable object name will provide a much more effective experience for the user.
In the Shader Debugger, it is possible to copy register and variable data to the clipboard. The Summary pane has a new Direct3D Information section, that shows details about what Direct3D capabilities are present on the computer. This change makes legacy data-type names equivalent to the new version-less data-type names. Therefore, you can use either legacy or version-less names.
However, your code will be cleaner and easier to maintain if you use the version-less names. Therefore, you are no longer required to use D3d New intrinsic functions have been added for better debugging support. Left-Hand-Side typecasting is now illegal and will cause a compile error.
Documentation Enhancements The June DirectX SDK includes the following documentation enhancements: Added links to descriptions of data types for parameters and return values to help developers locate related types. Added additional header and lib information to reference pages for APIs implemented in DirectX samples. Visual Studio Path Registration Sometimes Fails In the June release, the DirectX SDK installer will attempt to automatically register the executable, include, and library path settings needed for compilation of samples and other DirectX programs.
In some circumstances, however, automatic registration fails and, therefore, attempts to include DirectX SDK headers result in errors. To work around this issue, manually add the proper path registration to Visual Studio. As a result, you must have Visual Studio installed in order to compile the Samples Content Exporter.
You can also select documents to download from the MSDN Online content publication web site MSDN cloud to your computer for viewing when a connection to the Internet is unavailable or undesirable. Patches Software DirectX 9. Important notes: This is the 'redist' version of DirectX - all files are downloaded in one package rather than an active download. Instructions: make a system backup or restore point. Double-click on the file once the download has completed. You will be asked where you want to place the extracted files.
This is a temporary folder only - you can delete these files once the Direct X 9. Now go to that temporary folder.
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