DirectX 9.0 Newest Version Of Windows Gaming API Now Available

Microsoft Corp. today announced broadened availability of the Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 application programming interface (API). The latest version of the Microsoft Windows® Gaming API delivers Microsoft’s powerful new High-Level Shader Language (HLSL) and features its most-advanced suite of design tools for the development of rich multimedia elements such as full-spectrum color graphics, video, 3-D animation and enhanced audio capabilities.
The DirectX 9.0 Software Development Kit including HLSL can be downloaded from

  the DirectX Developer Center at http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/

The latest version of DirectX is also available for free download (connect-time

  charges may apply) from the DirectX Home User Web page at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/