Het lijkt erop dat de vaart er bij DirectX 8.0 eindelijk een beetje in begint te komen. BetaNews schrijft namelijk dat Release Candidate 0 vanaf vandaag voor de beta-testers te downloaden is. Hopelijk zitten er niet zo veel bugs meer in deze release, zodat de final binnenkort voor de consument te downloaden zal zijn:
Microsoft today informed testers that Release Candidate 0 of DirectX 8.0 has been posted for download. DirectX 8.0 will feature a new graphical input device control panel in DirectInput along with a multitude of other enhancements to its rendering capabilities.
Microsoft also added in the e-mail, "Please continue to check BetaPlace next week as we will be adding downloads for DirectMusic Producer and localized DirectX 8.0 runtimes." DirectX 8.0 was originally slated for release this summer, however delays have continued to push that date back.