New versions of the NVIDIA SDK and FX Composer with Shader Model 3.0 support are now available. SDK 8.0 includes hundreds of all-new Shader Model 3.0 code samples and effects, and FX Composer 1.5 includes the following new features: Shader Model 3.0 support Material panel improvements Complies with Microsoft DirectX Standard Semantics & Annotations Specification (DXSAS) Compatible with Microsoft DirectX XNA preview pipeline Save/load effects properties in XML file ShaderPerf updates supporting vertex shader analysis and GeForce 6 Series GPUs Geometry importer plug-in API