DX9.0c available

[Evildeus]

For those interested, you can grab it over here

 

[991060]

This is the final release? cool

 

[Xmas]

SDK too... finally useful MDX offline documentation

 

[Evildeus]

Yeah final, enjoy

 

[digitalwanderer]

Thank you!

Where'd you notice it at?

 

[Evildeus]

HFR forum 8)

 

[digitalwanderer]

HFR?

 

[Evildeus]

Hardware.fr more precisely over here 8)

 

[Razor1]

thx dude!

 

[PowerK]

hmm.. it says mfc42.dll is not final/retail version ? :?

 

[Nick[FM]]

hmm.. it says mfc42.dll is not final/retail version ? :?

AFAIK that file has been beta since 2001..

mfc42.dll: 6.00.8665.0000 English Beta Retail 8/18/2001 13:00:00 995383 bytes

*edit: I just found out (read over at our forums) that if you are using the latest leaked SP2 for WinXP, the file is "mfc42.dll: 6.02.4131.0000 Final retail 10/07/04". So it seems that it will be "final" when SP2 is released.

Oh, and the DX9.0c SDK is also out:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...912-42a3-9a9e-d857199f888e&displaylang=en

 

[PowerK]

Cheers, worm.

EIDT : hmm.. I'm confused. :? So.. is this 9.0c final or not ? It sounds like it's not...

 

[digitalwanderer]

So has FM approved this new DX release yet or not? :|

 

[fallguy]

Great, now we just need an official product to use this on. Otherwise its useless.

 

[Nick[FM]]

Cheers, worm.

EIDT : hmm.. I'm confused. :? So.. is this 9.0c final or not ? It sounds like it's not...

As far as I know it is final, but the mfc42.dll file seems to be beta until the SP2 for WinXP. If this DX9.0c release wouldn't have been official & final, I think MS would have pointed it out on their download page..

So has FM approved this new DX release yet or not?

Who knows!

 

[memberSince97]

Wow good connections at HFR...

 

[KimB]

Ah, finally found the SDK update. Strange that it didn't appear to be on the DirectX download page. Anyway:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...912-42a3-9a9e-d857199f888e&DisplayLang=en

And wow. 230MB for an update??

 

[grecco_julio]

Good news. Any benefits for the X800 cards?

 

[DeanoC]

Its official (just got the mail from MS).

This has HLSL compiler for SM2.0B and SM3.0 (X800 and NV40 respectively). This is the biggy, the HLSL compiler now understand loops, vertex texturing etc.

Support for GFFX float textures (cap bit for limitations they have).

Support for NV40 geometry instancing.

New effects file improvements.

PPS has been working on the PRT.

Some neat samples, the PRT mask is really nice.

 

[digitalwanderer]

This has HLSL compiler for SM2.0B and SM3.0 (X800 and NV40 respectively). This is the biggy, the HLSL compiler now understand loops, vertex texturing etc.

Will that help with present games or just future games? :|