DirectX 9.0c december refresh (lot of new additions!)

[prathapml]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en

Features Added in the December 2005 DirectX SDK

The following features have changed or been added in the December 2005 DirectX SDK:

Direct3D 10 Technology Preview

Microsoft Cross-Platform Audio Creation Tool (XACT Beta)

Managed DirectX for .NET Framework 2.0 (Beta)

Windows Vista Game Explorer (Beta)

Redist

D3DX9

XInput

Tools

Samples

Technical Article Updates

http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/sdk/

Supported Operating Systems:

Windows 2000; Windows 2000 Advanced Server; Windows 2000 Professional Edition ; Windows 2000 Server; Windows 2000 Service Pack 2; Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows ME; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition; Windows Small Business Server 2003 ; Windows XP; Windows XP 64-bit; Windows XP Embedded; Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 1; Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 ; Windows XP Home Edition ; Windows XP Home Edition N; Windows XP Media Center Edition; Windows XP Professional Edition ; Windows XP Professional N; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Starter Edition; Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Thanks.

[suryad]

Looks like people will have to upgrade to Vista just to play the next gen games since DX 10 seems to be specific only to Vista.