The DirectX has its own software development kit which consists of runtime libraries in binary form, documentation, headers which use in coding. Later, the X in DirectX signifies the Xbox to indicate that the console was based on DirectX technology. Initially, Microsoft named all these APIs in such a way that they all started with DirectX such as DirectDraw, DirectMusic and many more. But what is this DirectX and why it is required by the games?ĭirectX: DirectX is a collection of different application programming interfaces (APIs) that handles various tasks related to multimedia like gaming, video, etc. One feature that is required by every game is DirectX which is also pre-installed on Windows 10, so you probably won’t need to install it manually. Also, Windows 10 is game ready and supports various features such as the Xbox app, Game DVR and many other features. Also, with the introduction of Windows 10, all the latest features are by-default installed on the system. But one thing which all the young users do on their system is playing various types of games on their PC. I don’t even dual-boot anymore.Different people use the laptop for various purposes such as some use it for business, some for office work, some for entertainment, etc. Microsoft finally pushed me off of the Windows platform for good with this stunt and GWX. (I do regret not starting refusing to do this sooner.)
I was still foolish enough to do volunteer work on other peoples’ Windows computers at that time, even after what Microsoft did to me as a fan of the first Halo game. Others were probably playing Counter-strike Source and TF2. So I went and played other games, like Tremulous and Urban terror, games that ran on Windows, Mac and Linux, and I forgot all about Halo 2 for the PC. On these machines, a vista upgrade would have been a performance downgrade. It just wasn’t a compelling deal!Īlso worth noting that many systems that would have otherwise run Halo 2 were hardware-limited to only 1 or perhaps 2GB of memory.
Being smarter than to pay $200 for an unnecessary OS upgrade, only to then wind up needing an accompanying memory upgrade too because Vista ran poorly in 1 GB, (which was blissful on XP), just to play an at the time 3 year old game which was originally designed for a six year old piece of hardware, (Xbox) I passed. Many of us were really looking forward to the PC version.
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