Beyond3D has published an early preview on DirectX Next

So, maybe you're wondering what ATI's future R500 or NVIDIA's NV50 chips may have in store but know that if you were to ask either company you'd get the brick wall response: "Sorry, we cannot comment on unannounced projects or products". Well, it's a pretty good guess that whatever features Microsoft's DirectX may make available, future 3D hardware is more or less going to follow it in terms of features, so why not start there?

Recently Microsoft have been dishing out to developers the directions that "DirectX Next" may take at Microsoft's Meldown conference. The presentations given to developers have recently been made available and Beyond3D takes a look at the types of features and functionality that may be available in the next major update to DirectX.

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