Microsoft DirectX (Direct eXtension) is a collection of application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Direct3D (Graphics module of DirectX) is a direct competitor of the OpenGL standard, maintained by the Khronos Group. DxDiag is a diagnostics tool used to test DirectX functionality and troubleshoot video- or sound-related hardware problems. DirectX Diagnostic can save text files with the scan results. DxDiag was first released as part of DirectX 6.0 and the successor to DXInfo.
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nice system I/O tester
Great tool for DirectX
Excellent tool for DirectX, and hardware diagnosis
Good tool to check out hardware info.
CMD -> dxdiag