

In the list below are mentioned the DirectX versions supported in each version of Windows operating system. Microsoft DirectX is included by default in Windows Operating System. DirectXs are required in most modern computer games for their proper operation.

The name of these APIs starts with the word “Direct” such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectSound, etc. DirectX (by Microsoft) is a collection of application programming interfaces (API) for handling multimedia tasks in modern computers, especially on game programming and video.
