Direct3D

E727378
application programming interface graphics API

Direct3D is a Microsoft graphics application programming interface (API) used primarily for rendering 3D graphics in Windows games and multimedia applications.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Direct3D (PC variants) 1
Direct3D (early versions) 1
Direct3D (on some platforms) 1

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf application programming interface ⓘ
graphics API ⓘ
APIStyle COM-based API ⓘ
competesWith Metal NERFINISHED ⓘ
OpenGL NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vulkan NERFINISHED ⓘ
designGoal enable high-performance real-time 3D graphics ⓘ
provide low-level access to graphics hardware ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
hasVersion Direct3D 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 10.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 11.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 11.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 11.3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direct3D 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedBy Microsoft DirectX SDK NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBinding .NET languages (via wrappers) ⓘ
C NERFINISHED ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
ownedBy Microsoft NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf DirectX NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPlatform Microsoft Windows NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse rendering 3D graphics ⓘ
relatedTo Direct2D NERFINISHED ⓘ
DirectCompute NERFINISHED ⓘ
DirectDraw NERFINISHED ⓘ
HLSL (High-Level Shader Language) NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires DirectX-compatible GPU ⓘ
supportsFeature 2D rendering ⓘ
command lists ⓘ
compute shaders ⓘ
deferred contexts ⓘ
depth buffering ⓘ
fixed-function pipeline (legacy) ⓘ
geometry shaders ⓘ
hardware-accelerated 3D rendering ⓘ
high dynamic range rendering ⓘ
instancing ⓘ
multisample anti-aliasing ⓘ
pixel shaders ⓘ
programmable pipeline ⓘ
raytracing (via DirectX Raytracing / DXR) ⓘ
shaders ⓘ
stencil buffering ⓘ
tessellation shaders ⓘ
texture mapping ⓘ
vertex shaders ⓘ
supportsOperatingSystem Windows 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows 95 (early versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows Vista NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows XP NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsPlatform UWP (Universal Windows Platform) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows Phone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xbox NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsRendering full-screen rendering ⓘ
windowed rendering ⓘ
targetAudience game developers ⓘ
graphics programmers ⓘ
usedIn CAD applications ⓘ
PC games ⓘ
Xbox games ⓘ
multimedia applications ⓘ
usesShaderLanguage HLSL (High-Level Shader Language) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

DXGI → relatedTo → Direct3D ⓘ
HLSL → usedWith → Direct3D ⓘ
computer graphics → standardizedBy → Direct3D ⓘ
OpenGL ES → competesWith → Direct3D ⓘ
this entity surface form: Direct3D (on some platforms)
ATI Rage series → supportsAPI → Direct3D ⓘ
this entity surface form: Direct3D (early versions)
PowerVR2 → apiSupport → Direct3D ⓘ
this entity surface form: Direct3D (PC variants)