Microsoft ships Final Release of DirectX 7.0

Microsoft ships Final Release of DirectX 7.0 puts another piece of PC gear into the September hardware pile, and 1999 is not exactly short on that right now.

availability of the much anticipated Microsoft DirectX 7.0 application programming interface (API). The newest update to Microsoft’s popular multimedia API delivers enhanced three-dimensional graphics and sound effects and a significant performance boost, among other exciting features. A set of advanced multimedia system services built into the Microsoft Windows operating system, DirectX provides software developers with a common set of instructions and components for quick, transparent access to a broad range of hardware peripherals without their having to write hardware-specific code.

The hardware race is getting mean, and the upside is simple: gamers keep getting faster, stranger toys to bolt into their rigs.