Support Note: 300
Product: GrafixStar 400, 410, 450, 550, 560, 600, 600 Pro, 700, 750, Apocalypse 5D, Apocalypse 5D Sonic
Operating System: Windows 95
Subject: DirectX certification

19th November, 1997

One of the most common user question is why the GrafixMAX drivers for the GrafixStar range are not DirectX certified.
When writing GrafixMAX display drivers, VideoLogic optimises the performance of the drivers to give the user a speed increase.This optimisation is not recognised by Microsoft. Therefore, in order to get the drivers certified for DirectX by Microsoft, the optimisation would have to be removed, resulting in slower GrafixMAX performance.
All GrafixStar GrafixMAX drivers have been tested with the latest version of DirectX (at the time of writing this support note the latest version is DirectX5) and no problems have been found.
The GrafixStar GrafixMAX drivers are not Microsoft DirectX 5 certified, but they are definitely DirectX 5 compatible.