OpenAL 2.0.2

OpenAL is a cross-platform 3D audio API appropriate for use with gaming applications and many other types of audio applications. The library models a collection of audio sources moving in a 3D space that are heard by a single listener somewhere in that space. The basic OpenAL objects are a Listener, a Source, and a Buffer. There can be a large number of Buffers, which contain audio data. Each buffer can be attached to one or more Sources, which represent points in 3D space which are emitting audio. There is always one Listener object (per audio context), which represents the position where the sources are heard -- rendering is done from the perspective of the Listener.

DirectX10

Here's a lovely quote from Microsoft's Games for Windows website: "DirectX 10 will provide an incredibly detailed experience for gamers of every type, and will enable game creators to increase a game's level of realism, enhancing details and complexity in gaming worlds, apply effects like dynamic lighting and weather, and much more."

Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 3.1

Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 3.1


The XNA Framework Redistributable download provides game developers with the XNA Framework run-time libraries they can include with their product for redistribution on Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Microsoft.net framework PACK

                

The Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 redistributable package installs the .NET Framework runtime and associated files required to run applications developed to target the .NET Framework v2.0.

The .NET Framework version 2.0 improves scalability and performance of applications with improved caching, application deployment and updating with ClickOnce, support for the broadest array of browsers and devices with ASP.NET 2.0 controls and services. For more information on the .NET Framework 2.0, click here.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 service pack 1 is a cumulative update that contains many new features building incrementally upon .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and includes .NET Framework 2.0 service pack 2 and .NET Framework 3.0 service pack 2 cumulative updates.

Intel(R) Extreme Graphics 2 driver

Intel(R) Extreme Graphics 2 driver


The 3D graphics component of the i865G northbridge, alias 82865G - GMCH, is called "Extreme Graphics 2." It uses a tiling architecture very similar to that of Power VR's Kyro series, although Intel calls this technique "Zone Rendering" instead of tiling. Regardless of the choice of name, this architecture divides each frame into zones, or tiles, which are rendered one by one and then written to the frame-buffer. The driver sorts the geometry and polygon triangles by zone in the system memory, after which the chip processes them in that order. This lets the integrated caches work more efficiently, thereby freeing up memory bandwidth.

nvidia physx

NVIDIA PhysX Technology (NVIDIA PhysX, PhysX by NVIDIA, GPU PhysX) is a marketing term, used by NVIDIA to designate ability of GeForce GPUs to accelerate physics calculations, and games that are using that ability to create more rich physical effects.

Windows Installer

The Microsoft® Windows® Installer is an application installation and configuration service. WindowsInstaller-KB893803-x86.exe is the redistributable package for installing or upgrading Windows Installer.