[USG Ishimura]

One of the features of Windows 7 is DirectX 11, which is a superset of DirectX 10.1 already used in Vista Service Pack 2.
Microsoft had promised that Vista users wouldn't be left in the cold, and would be able to download and use DirectX 11. It included DirectX 11 in a beta version of its "Platform Update" available in September. The final version is now available via Windows Update.

The Platform Update is meant for computers running Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Vista SP2, and is composed of four parts: The Windows Graphics, Imaging, and XPS Library contains DirectX 11, DirectCompute for hardware accelerated parallel computing, and the XPS Library for document printing.

Unfortunately, Windows XP users will still have to stick to DirectX 9.0c, as the older OS does not support WDDM.

No redistributable runtime link for now, you have to install it through Windows Update.

Now all you need is ATI's 5000 series graphics card and these DX11 games.

Source: Dailytech

This post has been edited by USG Ishimura: 03 November 2009 - 09:13 PM

[PurplePeopleEater]

cool, so Vista and Seven are practically one in one in MS's eyes? Thats cool that they're embracing the past (even though they've been trying to eliminate XP )

[FalseAgent]

great, so how about a word on a WMP 12 for Vista?

[SharmanNet]

I read somewhere that all the DirectX 11 features won't work on Vista.

[maac]

I cannot sense a difference between those screens.

[GeeQ]

maac, on 04 November 2009 - 11:17 PM, said:

I cannot sense a difference between those screens.

let me help you - those are two different images

[Jawadkho]

I've got Windows 7 Pro and besides DirectX Version is says DirectX 9.0 or better so does that mean I have DirectX 10 but my graphics card doesn't support it?

[ThunderROM]

@Jawadkho you have DirectX 11 installed in Windows 7 but when you use a DirectX 9 card with Windows 7 then DirectX 9.0c is used.

[Jawadkho]

ThunderROM, on 06 November 2009 - 12:03 PM, said:

@Jawadkho you have DirectX 11 installed in Windows 7 but when you use a DirectX 9 card with Windows 7 then DirectX 9.0c is used.

So my NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE is a DirectX 9 Card? figures I got it about 2 years ago with my computer didn't expect much out of it anyway but it would have been good.