Thanks Kyle and Alex. "This is the first beta release of the DirectX 8.1. DirectX 8.1 includes all of the previous DirectX 8.0 functionality as well as the following
exciting new features:"
- Support for new high precision texture formats
- New nPatch quadratic interpolation order
- DirectX 8.1 will be shipped as an integral part of Windows XP DirectX 8.1 will also be available for all versions of Windows 98 and Windows
2000. Developers choosing to support Windows 95 should continue to use DirectX 8.0.
- A DirectX AppWizard for Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0 is included in the DirectX 8.1 release.
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