I guess that might finally settle the argument over which operating system is better for gaming. It does, however, seem likely that over the coming weeks a number of comparative performance benchmarks will be released. Intel: A driver with Intel support for these features can be found at: Intel® Arc & Iris® Xe Graphics Driver 31.0.101. Microsoft, as you might expect, has been clear to state that Windows 10 will always offer the ‘best experience’. AMD: Developers interested in getting early access to DirectX Agility SDK-enabled AMD drivers supporting these features should contact their AMD alliance manager. Well, given that so many people have ardently stuck with Windows 7 rather than ‘upgrading’ to 10, it’ll be curious to see how DX12 performs on the platform. In Windows 8: Click Win + R to open the Run dialog box Type: dxdiag, and press enter, look for Direct X version line in dialog that opens. World of Warcraft gamers could run the game using DirectX 12 to benefit from better framerates and other improvements. Blizzard, maker of World of Warcraft and other games, was the first company to support a DirectX 12 game on Windows 7. It seems, however, that not only has it been released, but World of Warcraft is the first game to support its usage on Windows 7. Microsoft began to port the Direct3D 12 runtime as a response to Windows 7. Particularly given that Microsoft is ending official support for the operating system this January. In a report via DSOGaming, however, there has been a surprising U-turn on policy by Microsoft as DirectX 12 is now available to download on the operating system! Why Now? D3DConfig.exe is part of the Graphics Tools Feature-on-Demand and is available in the 20H1 Windows 10 Insider Preview (currently build 18970 in fast-ring). Windows 7 is great for games imho, and it has ton of games. Microsoft was, however, remaining somewhat stubborn that the latest version would not be released on Windows 7. The D3DConfig tool can display and modify the DXCpl settings from the comfort of your very own console window or batch script. When Windows 10 was first released in 2015, one of the key ‘selling points’ of the operating system was being able to access the latest version of DirectX.Īdmittedly, nearly 4 years on and we’re still seeing mixed results between versions 11 and 12. Microsoft Releases DirectX 12 For Windows 7
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