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 Thanks Anon A. Mos for letting us know that DirectX 9 Beta 3 has been released 
to testers via Microsoft's Betaplace website. 
  - Requires Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or 
  Windows XP 
 
  - Does not support either Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0
 
  - Do not install the DirectX 9.0 beta on a machine that you need 
  run the shader debugger for DirectX 8.1 code. There is a known issue in Beta 3 
  that prevents correct operation on DirectX 8.1 shaders. This will be fixed in 
  the near future.
 
 
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