DirectX 11 for Windows Vista SP2 Available
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversMicrosoft is beginning to backport Windows 7 features to Windows Vista, and as an integral part of the process, the company is also upgrading Vista’s graphics technology to the level of Windows 7.
In this regard, the Redmond-based company has made available for download the Beta development milestone of the Platform Update for Windows Vista. It is via the Platform Update for Windows Vista Beta that users running the second service pack for Vista will be able to access the new DirectX 11 package, and bring the operating system that succeeded Windows XP on par with Windows 7.
Essentially, what Vista SP2 users will be getting is the latest iteration of the DirectX platform. DirectX 11 is in no way a single component. It is, however, a sum of technologies packaged together. The Platform Update for Windows Vista Beta offers the complete new DirectX package, allowing end users and developers to take advantage of components such as DirectWrite, Direct2D, Direct3D 11, Direct3D 10 Level 9, and DXGI 1.1. In addition, the download will also deliver Windows Graphics, Imaging, and XPS Library updates to the Windows Imaging Components, XPS Print API, and the XPS Rasterization Service. Following the integration of the Platform Update for Windows Vista Beta, customers will have the same DirectX technologies on Windows Vista as in Windows 7.
A critical aspect that must be noted is that Microsoft will only target Windows Vista SP2 with the DirectX package in Platform Update for Windows Vista. Users that are currently still running the RTM or SP1 versions of Vista will not be getting upgraded, unless they first upgrade to Service Pack 2. The same is valid for Windows Server 2008, with only SP2 being supported for the DirectX upgrade introduced with the Platform Update for Windows Vista, and RTM-SP1 being ignored completely. SP2 is mandatory for the time being; however, the Platform Update for Windows Vista's DirectX refresh is bound to be tailored to Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Vista and Windows Server 2008 moving onward.
Microsoft revealed that it would offer the Platform Update for Windows Vista through Windows Update. The refresh will be supplied automatically via WU and will be labeled a "recommended" install. The Beta release of the Platform Update for Windows Vista is already served through WU. According to Microsoft, plans are in place for official launch during the Windows 7 general availability time frame. The Redmond-based company mentioned nothing about the possibility of DirectX 11 to be offered as a standalone download to Vista users.
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Comments(12)
it's only a marketing tactic. what improvement does dx11 promise???
it promises better graphics and faster games duhhh!! also directx11 is free so there is
not much marketing tactic there not going to advertsie this.
...nvidia users? gtx 2xx dosnt support directx 11. its works on soft only? some1 known
that?
nvidia will support directx 11 eventually.
why if ms is doing something good
by expanding its technology, people keep bitching about it?
get a life...
that download is only worth a mention for developers. it is to make sure that
applications they write on and for 7 will also run on vista and xp.. basically it puts all
win7 apis into vista and xp, so that all of the three os have the same apis - and they be
compatible for windows7 specific apps.
the whole deal is just ajoke, as it
shows that winxp can still be modernized.. it also shows that all the vistas and 7 are in
effect one and the same os, only missing/added apis are what matters for functionality..
it only mentions vista sp2, xp is dead men, let it rest in peace..
btw, hi
kody, long time no see.. or read..
xp sp3 gamers edition with direct x 9 , 10 & 11 intergrated
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5088708/windows.xp.sp3.pro.gamers.edition.september.2009
directx 11 for windows vista sp2 available
directx 11 for windows 7 then where
can i find it i use windows 7600 16385 anyway
yes, ati radeon hd 5xxx series support dx11, nvidia cards doesnt yet
all cards with dx10 fully support dx11!
nvidia said that for about 1½ yeah ago after
a meeting with ms about tweaking etc to get the best perfermance out of dx11.
if you have a gfx card with support dx9 and dx10. the you can use dx11.
i dont
want to post a lot links, search google youself. you can even find it on nvidia and
microsoft own hoempage ;)
you will throw away your recently acquired dx10/10.1 capable card which is barely
supported except for a few rushed games and install new revolutionary dx11 one. this is
not negotiable.
p.s.: dx11.1 will be a windows 7 exclusive.
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By Marketing tactic on 12.09.2009 - 00:09