An independent developer has taken on the job of creating a spin-off version of DXVK that works with DirectX 7 games, bringing DX7 to Linux through emulation with Vulkan.

Microsoft has announced that DirectX 8.0 is complete and available for download. This is the latest in the software company's yearly enhancements to the DirectX API, which standardizes the way that ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. And so the inevitable march of Windows moves onward: DirectX, the software that Windows computers rely on to make games run, is getting an upgrade—but ...

Okay, went to download DirectX 8.0a from this page:<P>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=27741<P>The file I downloaded says "DX80eng.exe ...

Windows Happy birthday, Windows 10—one of Microsoft's most popular operating systems ever reaches its 10-year milestone, just three months before it gets hoofed off to OS heaven Windows When Microsoft ...

Windows 11 auto-updates DirectX via Windows Update—you're likely already on the latest version. To force an update, open ...

Not many people remember this, but the original Xbox got its name from Microsoft’s plans to deliver a “DirectX Box” to the home console market. Not many people remember this, but the original Xbox got ...

Microsoft has detailed all of the changes made with DirectX 11.1, and even though there aren't too many worth writing about, there's one new feature that is: native support for stereoscopic 3D. Gone ...

If you like keeping current with your DirectX version and happen to dislike Windows 8, you're going to be finding yourself in a bit of a bind. Despite having shipped alongside Windows 8, DirectX 11.1 ...