essays

● Original DirectX runtime can be installed on this OS

◐ Software targeting DirectX version can be orchestrated through newer runtimes

○ Not available on this OS

Operating System ↓ / DirectX →	DX3	DX5	DX6	DX7	DX8	DX9	DX10	DX11	DX12
Windows 1/2/3/NT3.1	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Windows 95	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Windows 98	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Windows ME	◐	◐	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Windows NT 4.0	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Windows 2000	◐	◐	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Windows XP	◐	◐	◐	●	●	●	○	○	○
Windows Vista	◐	◐	◐	◐	◐	●	●	◐	○
Windows 7 / 8	◐	◐	◐	◐	◐	●	●	●	○
Windows 10 / 11	◐	◐	◐	◐	◐	●	●	●	●

DirectX 1/2/4 were not widely adopted.

Citation

Computing Culture. Table: DirectX / OS Compiled Reference.
Computing Culture Essays, 2026.
https://github.com/computing-culture/essays