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Direct3D 11 effect files deprecated?

I've been playing around with Direct3D 11 a little bit lately and have been frustrated by the lack of documentation …

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Displaying a video in DirectX

What is the best/easiest way to display a video (with sound!) in an application using XAudio2 and Direct3D9/10? …

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How are 3D games so efficient?

There is something I have never understood. How can a great big PC game like GTA IV use 50% of my …

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Mesh rendering using Octree algorithm

I'm the founder of SceneMax - a 3D scripting language since 2005. I want to add a scene rendering using one …

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C# Capturing Direct 3D Screen

I have been fooling around with screen capture for awhile now and I managed to capture the entire screen, certain …

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read pixel data from render target in d3d11

I set a texture2d as a device render target. After draw, how can i read and write pixels from …

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How to find out real screen refresh rate (not the rounded number)

According to this article by Microsoft the screen refresh rate set by the user can be (and is mostly) a …

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Drawing 2D with SlimDX

Hello I'm having trouble rendering correctly sprite with SlimDX. It draws a little scaled just like .NET Drawing DrawImageUnscaled does. …

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OpenGL still better than Direct3D for non-games?

The standard model has been that OpenGL is for professional apps (CAD) and Direct3D is for games. With the …

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DirectX/C++ 3D Engine programming: Learn now, or wait for DirectX 12?

I'm a relatively ok-ish programmer, but my main focus has been in application development with C# so far. I have …

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