November 10, 2000 · Software
DirectX 8.0 (2000)
Microsoft's DirectX 8 added programmable pixel and vertex shaders and merged DirectDraw and Direct3D into one interface, released in November 2000.
Introduced Direct3D shader models used by GeForce 3 class hardware.
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Facts
- Date
- November 10, 2000
- Kind
- Software: Graphics API
- Maker or publisher
- Microsoft
- Format
- Download
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- NVIDIA GeForce 3 (works with, 2001)
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