What exactly is DirectX ?

[DJCrunkMix]

Thanks in advance.

 

[Gooberlx2]

It's not a driver, it's an API for developers to use when coding games/applications....usually games. Someone who's done some coding using the API could explain better.

 

[BassBomb]

in a way you can think of it as a programming language..

 

[Raloth]

It's the layer between the programmer and the video driver. You talk to DirectX, which then talks to the video driver. I'm sure the story is more comlicated but I believe that's the basics.

 

[xtknight]

It's an industry standard set of tools to help the programmer interface with a reciprocally compliant video card. It encompasses mainly objects and functions. Among the objects it offers are a display device, 3D surfaces, and arrays of vertexes. An example of a function would be one to draw a triangle on the screen. Direct3D (the API) defines what these functions are to receive, and in exactly what arrangement.