DirectX®10 - Game On

DirectX® is a Windows technology that enables higher performance in graphics and sound when you're playing games or watching video on your PC.DirectX® are its application programming interfaces or APIs which act as a kind of bridge for the hardware and the software to "communicate" to each other. The DirectX® APIs gives multimedia applications access to the advanced features of high-performance hardware such as three-dimensional (3-D) graphics acceleration chips and sound cards.

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DirectX®10 comes inbuilt in Windows Vista and it is compatible only with vista while Windows XP has an atmost compatibility to DirectX®9.0c which renders most of the games until the launch of Windows Vista.

Microsoft has released a list of games that reqiures DirectX®10:

1.Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures™
2.BioShock
3.Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
4.Crysis®
5.Gears of War for Windows
6.Hellgate: London
7.Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
8.Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Acceleration
9.World in Conflict

DirectX®10 adds a new level of realism to games by making the game more photo-realistic.The facial expressions, details of the face, the and the handle-bar moustacheglazed looking eyes all add to the realism.

The developers of crysis have tried to push its graphics to their limits.Crysis has been built on CryEngine2-one of the most advanced engines available today delivering breathtaking graphics and stunning gameplay.Until now the graphics in FarCry has been considered better than what most games available today have.CryEngine2 has been designed in keeping in mind the features that the latest hardware supports.it can run only on single,dual or quad core processors.

The programmers conducted many experiments to figure out a whole new way to impart realism to the lighting effects.CryEngine2 eliminates most limitations seen in CryEngine1.This game is targeted for high-end gamers who indulge in power gaming.A high end system is needed to enjoy Crysis to the fullest.To cite an example what new graphics look like ,the clouds in most games are usually painted.It didnt make sense to make since they are not interactive.But the developers of Crysis figured out a way to make the clouds look more real cloudsphoto-realistic.The clouds are translucent,so you can actually see through them and they also cast shadows on the ground.Gameplay in Crysis is also developed.

In FarCry,every object such as trees and other objects looked like stone.They couldnt be broken and manipulated.In Crysis,tress,boxes,doors,windows can be manipulated,thereby making the world livelier.The picture on the left is a live photograph of a particular place while the picture on the right is a rendered version.Observe the similarity between the original and the rendered version.

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"While FarCry is a benchmark in graphics till today, Crysis is poised to be the next generation game. We've made the graphics in Crysis as photo-realistic as possible"

-JACK MAMAIS,Crytek Limited.