What are DirectSound and DirectDraw?

[ffish]

What are DirectSound and DirectDraw? How do I know if my computer support them? Thanks!

[RJ]

They're part of DirectX, the multimedia interface between the hardware and the multimedia applications (like games, for example).

Go to start > run, type in: dxdiag
and you can see what version of DirectX you have. Version 9.0b is the newest one.

RJ

[ffish]

Is the DirectX part of the Windows OS like .dll files? Thanks!

[RJ]

Yes. And dxdiag will also tell you which dll files belong to DirectX.

RJ

[ffish]

There are dozens of files of .dll, .sys, .exe. ax in the DirectX, the DirectX version is 8.1. How can I update DirectX to version 9.0b

[RJ]

Download and install ;)

RJ