

DirectX has been a constant throughout all of the different forms the Windows Operating System has taken, with different, newer versions of DirectX being bundled with newer iterations of Windows.Īs is the case with all other Windows components, however, things can spontaneously go awry with DirectX, and when they do, the user faces a host of different multimedia problems on their computer. The purpose of DirectX is to basically allow Microsoft platforms such as the Windows Operating System to smoothly and effectively communicate with a computer’s graphics and audio hardware to provide the user with the best multimedia experience possible. DirectX has been designed to be used for multimedia purposes – be it audio or video, be it for rendering video and audio for a game or be it for rendering video and audio for a video file. Microsoft DirectX is a suite of programming interfaces capable of allowing software to communicate with a computer’s hardware.
