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Does DirectX only improve games?



 
 
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Old January 18th 04, 10:37 AM
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Are there any accelerated functions in graphics hardware that Windows

95/98/2000/XP bypasses DirectX to
ultilise?



Not really, unless of course you use OpenGL for graphics or OpenAL for sound for
example. At the end of the day, these APIs are ways of accessing the hardware
that you have, so they all serve the same purpose (within their various
abilities and constraints).


 




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