Recently I came across this great comparison from Microsoft itself between DirectX 9 and DirectX 10:
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/AboutGFW/Pages/DirectX10.aspx
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/AboutGFW/Pages/DirectX10.aspx
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