Het zat er al aan te komen, en nu zijn de DX8-beta's ook echt naar de testers gegaan. Wij wachten op resultaten! Crack schrijft: "Dx8 zit er nu echt aan te komen: Nadat al eerder de W2K-versie gelekt was, is de W98-versie nu ook verstuurd aan de betatesters":
DirectX beta testers were notified yesterday that version 8.0 of Microsoft's DirectX graphics rendering program would be available to begin testing today. This latest release of DirectX is expected to ship with Windows Millennium later this year, and will feature a new graphical input device control panel in DirectInput along with a multitude of other enhancements to its rendering capabilities. Runtime releases for Windows 9x and 2000 are expected this summer. For more information about DirectX visit the DirectX Web site.