
The driver must continue to report only DirectX 8.0 related capabilities in D3DCAPS8 when queried by the DirectX 8.0 runtime. D3DCAPS9 contains both DirectX 9.0 and DirectX 8.0 related capabilities. Support of this request is described in Supporting GetDriverInfo2. The driver returns a D3DCAPS9 structure in response to a GetDriverInfo2 request using the D3DGDI2_TYPE_GETD3DCAPS9 value similarly to how it returns a D3DCAPS8 structure as described in Reporting DirectX 8.0 Style Direct3D Capabilities. Reporting the capabilities of its device by returning a D3DCAPS9 structure when requested. Supporting Commands for Setting Render TargetĪ DirectX 9.0 version driver must support: Reporting Support of UBYTE4 Vertex Element


However, for a driver to be loaded by the operating system as a version 9.0 driver, it must implement the features that are described in the following sections: The DirectX 9.0 runtime will supply hardware acceleration if the display driver is a DirectX 7.0 or later driver.
