
Web Materials
Example programs and source code to accompany some of the chapters are avail-
able at http://www.akpeters.com/gpupro. The directory structure closely follows
the book structure by using the chapter number as the name of the subdirectory.
You will need to download the DirectX August 2009 SDK or the DirectX June
2010 SDK.
General System Requirements
To use all of the files, you will need:
• The DirectX August 2009 SDK
• OpenGL 1.5-compatible graphics card
• A DirectX 9.0 or 10-compatible graphics card
• Windows XP with the latest service pack; some require VISTA or Win-
dows 7
• Visual C++ .NET 2008
• 2048 MB RAM
• The latest graphics card drivers ...