Download DirectX 11 for Vista - tech
(hx) 07:00 PM CET - Oct,28 2009
- Post a comment DirectX 11 is now available for
Windows Vista users through a new Platform Update for Windows Vista
available automatically through the Windows Update function.
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. With two versions of Windows (Windows 7 and
Windows Vista) now supporting DirectX11 I expect game developers will
embrace using the API in their games than they did with DirectX10.
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