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which one..

this one you can get used for $12 new $49
real-time rendering

this one used $53 new $59
real-time rendering (2nd edition)

[Frodo]

in case somebody wonders what we do with the donations
well i just bought real-time rendering (2nd edition) with it;-)

frodo

[Butcher]

get the second edition (i have both, the second has a lot of new material).

[Gamester17]

gpu gems: programming techniques, tips, and tricks...  (<= new book on the gpu)
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/gpu_gems_home.html
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/gpu_g...mples.html

entire nvidia directx8 sdk 5.0 (inc. presentations, papers, demos, and tools)
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_dx8_sdk.html

microsoft directx reference for developers (<= online directx documentation for programers)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library....8000410

microsoft directx (inc. direct3d) sdk, libs, source, docs:
http://download.microsoft.com/downloa...._vc.exe
http://download.microsoft.com/downloa....sdk.exe
http://download.microsoft.com/downloa....sdk.exe
http://download.microsoft.com/downloa....sdk.exe
http://download.microsoft.com/downloa....sdk.exe
http://download.microsoft.com/downloa....ras.exe

general-purpose computation using graphics hardware:
http://www.gpgpu.org/

nvidia's list of recommended developer sites and documentation http://developer.nvidia.com/object/web_p...urces.html

[Butcher]

people interested in directx on the pc should download the dx9 sdk summer update here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloa....lang=en

also note that gpu gems appears to cover v2 pixel shaders which aren't supported on xbox (but are supported on a pc with a dx9 capable card).

[Mezz]

i love the dx9 stuff now, compared to the dx8 crop of programmable hardware it's so much less restrictive. as an addition, if you're *really really* interested in directx on the pc, you can get on the dx9 beta and get the 2004 summer update sdk, which has an early version of a neat tool for windows, similar to pix. great stuff

-mezz

[Butcher]

handy mailing list for dx:
http://discuss.microsoft.com/archives/directxdev.html

you'll get about 10-60 mails a day on this (you can have it in digest format though).