Direct3D 9

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Direct3D version Microsoft technology graphics API

Direct3D 9 is a widely used version of Microsoft's 3D graphics API that provides hardware-accelerated rendering for games and multimedia applications on Windows and related platforms.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
DirectX 9	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Direct3D version ⓘ Microsoft technology ⓘ graphics API ⓘ
abbreviation	D3D9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
backwardCompatibleWith	Direct3D 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
developer	Microsoft ⓘ
documentation	Microsoft Developer Network NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeatureLevel	Direct3D 9.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ Direct3D 9.0a NERFINISHED ⓘ Direct3D 9.0b NERFINISHED ⓘ Direct3D 9.0c NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	D3DCAPS9 structure ⓘ D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS structure ⓘ D3DX utility library NERFINISHED ⓘ ID3DXEffect interface NERFINISHED ⓘ IDirect3D9 interface ⓘ IDirect3DDevice9 interface NERFINISHED ⓘ IDirect3DIndexBuffer9 interface NERFINISHED ⓘ IDirect3DPixelShader9 interface ⓘ IDirect3DSurface9 interface NERFINISHED ⓘ IDirect3DTexture9 interface NERFINISHED ⓘ IDirect3DVertexBuffer9 interface ⓘ IDirect3DVertexShader9 interface NERFINISHED ⓘ
introduced	2002 ⓘ
introducedIn	DirectX 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBinding	C NERFINISHED ⓘ C++ NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Direct3D NERFINISHED ⓘ DirectX NERFINISHED ⓘ
platform	Windows ⓘ Windows 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows Vista NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows XP NERFINISHED ⓘ Xbox 360 NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Direct3D 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ Direct3D 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	2D rendering ⓘ High-Level Shader Language NERFINISHED ⓘ Shader Model 2.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ Shader Model 3.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ cube textures ⓘ fixed-function pipeline ⓘ floating-point textures ⓘ hardware transform and lighting ⓘ hardware-accelerated 3D rendering ⓘ instancing ⓘ multiple render targets ⓘ multisample anti-aliasing ⓘ occlusion queries ⓘ programmable pixel shaders ⓘ programmable vertex shaders ⓘ render-to-texture ⓘ sRGB textures ⓘ volume textures ⓘ
usedBy	Source engine NERFINISHED ⓘ Unreal Engine 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ many Windows games of the 2000s ⓘ
usedFor	PC games ⓘ game engines ⓘ multimedia applications ⓘ real-time 3D graphics ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nvidia Tegra 3 → supportsFeature → Direct3D 9 ⓘ

CryEngine 3 → supportsRenderingAPI → Direct3D 9 ⓘ

this entity surface form: DirectX 9