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  2. DirectX - Wikipedia

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    In order to achieve backwards compatibility, DirectX in Windows Vista contains several versions of Direct3D: [36] Direct3D 9 : emulates Direct3D 9 behavior as it was on Windows XP. Details and advantages of Vista's Windows Display Driver Model are hidden from the application if WDDM drivers are installed.

  3. Direct3D - Wikipedia

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    Direct3D 11.0 – Windows Vista SP2/Windows 7; Shader Model 5.0, Tessellation, Multithreaded rendering, Compute shaders, implemented by hardware and software running Direct3D 9/10/10.1 Direct3D 11.1 – Windows 8 (partially supported on Windows 7 SP1 also); Stereoscopic 3D Rendering

  4. Features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Compared with previous versions of Microsoft Windows, features new to Windows Vista are numerous, covering most aspects of the operating system, including additional management features, new aspects of security and safety, new I/O technologies, new networking features, and new technical features. Windows Vista also removed some others.

  5. Feature levels in Direct3D - Wikipedia

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    Before Direct3D 10, new versions of the API introduced support for new hardware capabilities, however these capabilities were optional and had to be queried with "capability bits" or "caps". Direct3D 10.1 was the first to use a concept of "feature levels" [1] [3] [6] to support both Direct3D 10.0 and 10.1 hardware. [3] [7] [8]

  6. Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions. Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of computer software operating systems created by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

  7. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years earlier, which was then the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft Windows. It was released to manufacturing on November 8, 2006, and over the following two months, it was ...

  8. Talk:DirectX/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    It's true; Vista requires DirectX 10, and DirectX 10 requires Vista. Any app that requires DX10 means it's a Vista-only game. Essentially, by the way, we're talking about games, and IMO "games" is a better term to use than "apps" in this context. Tempshill 21:46, 6 September 2006 (UTC) I thought 10 was XP also... better check my MS blogs again ...

  9. Desktop Window Manager - Wikipedia

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    Desktop Window Manager ( DWM, previously Desktop Compositing Engine or DCE) is the compositing window manager in Microsoft Windows since Windows Vista that enables the use of hardware acceleration to render the graphical user interface of Windows. It was originally created to enable portions of the new "Windows Aero" user experience, which ...