The new DirectX 11 version announced

Author: Cezar Renta

Jul 25th, 2008

Microsoft announced the new version of DirectX within the GameFest festival. While some of you will worry about this new version and its compatibility with your video card, Microsoft assures us that the 11 version will recognize DirectX 10 and 10.1 graphic cards. DirectX 11 will work only within Windows Vista but the new features caught our eye.

- multi-threaded resource handling – the new processing will take advantage of our multi core machines

- new shader technology – with better CPU and GPU management

- Tessellation/Displacement – models will now be more smooth when viewed up-close

Microsoft stated that we should expect DirectX 11 in mid-late 2009 and i’m guessing some features will be tested within upcoming versions of DirectX 10.

James

I hate it when they push the software ahead of hardware, they make the developers build more resource intensive games, the hardware manufacturer’s to build next-gen video cards and we get constant upgrades…i’m sick of it
James

I hate it when they push the software ahead of hardware, they make the developers build more resource intensive games, the hardware manufacturer’s to build next-gen video cards and we get constant upgrades…i’m sick of it
Karn90

lol, it’s the natural way of developing, i’m just wondering, the next-gen DX 11 games…who will they look? *drool*
Karn90

lol, it’s the natural way of developing, i’m just wondering, the next-gen DX 11 games…who will they look? *drool*
http://last.fm Darmo

still 1 year till DirectX 11…I’m wondering what they gonna do sound wise
http://last.fm Darmo

still 1 year till DirectX 11…I’m wondering what they gonna do sound wise
ehab ahmmed

please help me people i dont know download directx 11 can you help me

please send to me the download
ehab ahmmed

please help me people i dont know download directx 11 can you help me

please send to me the download
http://www.filecluster.com Cezar Renta

Directx 11 is in development and it can’t be downloaded
http://www.filecluster.com Cezar Renta

Directx 11 is in development and it can’t be downloaded
Shadowcaster

It will recognize dx 10 and 10.1 but those cards will be limited by shaders 3 and 4 however shader 5 technology will only appear in dx 11 designed video cards, so whether or not DX 11 itself supports and adds onto existing 10 and 10.1 hardware you will still need a hardware upgrade if you plan on using shader 5.0 hope that helps.
Shadowcaster

It will recognize dx 10 and 10.1 but those cards will be limited by shaders 3 and 4 however shader 5 technology will only appear in dx 11 designed video cards, so whether or not DX 11 itself supports and adds onto existing 10 and 10.1 hardware you will still need a hardware upgrade if you plan on using shader 5.0 hope that helps.
Shadowcaster

My bad I meant shader 4.0 and 4.1 shader 3.0 was direct x 9 related lol
Shadowcaster

My bad I meant shader 4.0 and 4.1 shader 3.0 was direct x 9 related lol