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Direct3D is a graphics application programming interface (API) for Microsoft Windows. Part of DirectX, Direct3D is used to render three-dimensional graphics in applications where performance is important, such as games. Direct3D uses hardware acceleration if available on the graphics card, allowing for hardware acceleration of the entire 3D rendering…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | Developer | Microsoft | 1.00 | infobox |
| Direct3D | License | Proprietary | 1.00 | infobox |
| Direct3D | Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Windows Embedded, Xbox system software | 1.00 | infobox |
| Direct3D | Platform | x86, ARM | 1.00 | infobox |
| Direct3D | Release | June 2, 1996; 30 years ago (1996-06-02) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Direct3D | Stable release | 12.0 Beta 3 / January 13, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-01-13) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Direct3D | Type | 3D computer graphics API | 1.00 | infobox |
| Direct3D | Website | learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3d | 1.00 | infobox |
| Direct3D | is a | graphics application programming interface | 0.90 | text |
| Direct3D | is a | Immediate mode graphics API | 0.90 | text |
| 3dfx's Glide.From the beginning | instance of | but to compete more effectively with other proprietary APIs | 0.80 | text |
| the immediate mode also supported Talisman's tiled rendering with the BeginScene/EndScene methods of the IDirect3DDevice interface | instance of | but to compete more effectively with other proprietary APIs | 0.80 | text |
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