DirectX 10 10 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows. Microsoft DirectX® is already included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.0, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows Server equivalents. For instance, a faulty application, d3dx81ab.dll has been deleted or misplaced, corrupted by malicious software present on your PC or a damaged Windows registry. This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from components without restrictions. d3dx81ab.dll, File description: DirectX 8.1 D3DX8 DLL for JEDI projects Errors related to d3dx81ab.dll can arise for a few different different reasons.

You can also find DirectX 9.0C on this page or stay on this page and select the DirectX 10 free download link to the right hand side. Overall: Due to the new driver model in Windows Vista and continuing through Windows 7, DirectX 10 is specially designed around those specifications, especially around ATI and nVidia cards. The Windows Aero user interface relies on D3D 9Ex.ĭirect3D 10 for DirectX 10: Designed around the new driver model in Windows Vista and featuring a number of improvements to rendering capabilities and flexibility, including Shader Model 4. This is the only API available if there are only XP graphic drivers (XDDM) installed, after an upgrade to Vista for example.ĭirect3D 9Ex: allows full access to the new capabilities of WDDM (if WDDM drivers are installed) while maintaining compatibility for existing Direct3D applications. Details and advantages of Vista's Windows Display Driver Model are hidden from the application if WDDM drivers are installed. Here are a list of some improvements and modifications to the DirectX series up until the release of DirectX 10:ĭirect3D 9: emulates Direct3D 9 behavior as it was on Windows XP. The DirectPlay DPLAY.DLL was also removed and was replaced with dplayx.dll games that rely on this DLL must duplicate it and rename it to dplay.dll.

Many former parts of DirectX API were deprecated in the latest DirectX SDK and will be preserved for compatibility only: DirectInput was deprecated in favor of XInput, DirectSound was deprecated in favor of the Cross-platform Audio Creation Tool system (XACT) and lost support for hardware accelerated audio, since Vista audio stack renders sound in software on the CPU. DirectX includes security and performance updates, along with many new features across all technologies, which can be accessed by applications using the DirectX APIs. Microsoft DirectX 10 is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio.

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