Amateur Video Games and Directx10?

Question

I'm reading about creating my own amateur video games. I'm wanting to use directx but i'm wondering is directx10 available to the video game industry yet? Of course it won't be available commercially until Vista but do developers who plan to use DX10 for their games have what they need? Also is directx10 or even 9 available for amateurs or do you have to have a partnership with microsoft?

Answer 1

See for yourself:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/