<s>
Managed	B-Application
DirectX	I-Application
(	O
MDX	O
)	O
is	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
deprecated	O
API	O
for	O
DirectX	B-Application
programming	O
on	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MDX	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
from	O
any	O
language	O
on	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
(	O
via	O
the	O
Common	O
Language	O
Runtime	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
games	O
,	O
compiled	O
only	O
to	O
x86	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
enabling	O
high	O
performance	O
graphical	O
representation	O
and	O
enabling	O
the	O
programmer	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
modern	O
graphical	O
hardware	O
while	O
working	O
inside	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Managed	B-Application
DirectX	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
to	O
allow	O
less	O
complicated	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
DirectX	B-Application
API	O
through	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Managed	B-Application
DirectX	I-Application
SDK	O
allows	O
developers	O
access	O
to	O
numerous	O
classes	O
which	O
allow	O
the	O
rendering	O
of	O
3D	O
graphics	O
(	O
Direct3D	B-Application
)	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
DirectX	B-Application
API	O
's	O
in	O
a	O
much	O
easier	O
,	O
object-oriented	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MDX	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
the	O
newer	O
APIs	O
such	O
as	O
Direct3D	B-Application
10	O
,	O
XInput	O
,	O
and	O
XAudio	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
MDX	O
is	O
deprecated	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
XNA	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Studio	I-Device
Express	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
some	O
other	O
,	O
more	O
direct	O
APIs	O
to	O
the	O
DirectX	B-Application
framework	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
open-source	O
SlimDX	O
and	O
SharpDX	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Can	O
be	O
used	O
under	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
versions	O
1.1	O
and	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Provides	O
an	O
object-oriented	O
API	O
that	O
implements	O
functionality	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
DirectX	B-Application
9	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MDX	O
2.0	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Device
XNA	I-Device
(	O
DirectX	B-Application
New	O
Architecture	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
