Tag Archives: directx

DirectX 11 platform update has been released

Posted on 28.10.2009 by Anteru

Finally, the DX11 update for Vista has been released, and it also works with non en_US versions of Windows. Grab it via Windows Update or from the KB.

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DirectX SDK (August 2009) released

Posted on 10.9.2009 by Anteru

Finally the DX SDK August 2009 has been released, which contains the RTM version of DirectX 11. Moreover, it also brings back the effects framework for DX11, which was missing in the March SDK. Grab it at the Microsoft Download … Continue reading →

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Graphics APIs done wrong

Posted on 20.7.2009 by Anteru

This is going to be partly a rant post, but I think we’re really moving into the wrong direction with current graphics APIs. Especially as the GPGPU revolution is waiting for us, current graphics APIs put a huge unnecessary burden … Continue reading →

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Updating a DXTC texture with DX10

Posted on 28.4.2009 by Anteru

Updating a texture is usually straightforward: You call map, and mem-copy the stuff over the returned pointer, taking the stride into account. This is not so simple for DXTC though, as the data is organised in 4×4 pixels blocks. With … Continue reading →

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