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DirectX is only updated every year or so, which is a little slow considering how fast the graphics industry moves. They make up for this somewhat by working closely with graphics vendors and adding support for things aren't yet available. Also, when new features are introduced, Direct3D offers a standardized way of accessing them.

In general, Direct3D is designed to be a 3D hardware interface. The feature set of D3D is derived from the feature set of what hardware provides. OpenGL, on the other hand, is designed to be a 3D rendering system that may be hardware accelerated. As such, its feature set is derived from that which users find useful. These two API's are fundamentally designed under two separate modes of thought. The fact that the two APIs have become so similar in functionality shows how well hardware is converging into user functionality.

Direct3D 10 will forego the current DirectX practice of using "capability bits" to indicate which features are active on the current hardware. Instead, it will define a minimum standard of hardware capabilities which must be supported for a display system to be "Direct3D 10 compatible".

Hiermee wordt de kaart gepositioneerd tussen de GeForce 7900 GT en de GeForce 7900 GTX die standaard op respectievelijk 450/1320MHz en 650/1600MHz lopen.