Free Download DirectX 11 for windows 7 or vista, the latest graphics technology for windows. DirectX 11 includes Direct3D 11 and it is the microsoft technology for high-speed multimedia and games in your PC running windows 7 or vista.
Windows XP compatible version of WineD3D is very old (2015) and its Direct3D 11 implementation was still pretty bad in late in 2017, when DXVK emerged, which was soon capable of running some serious D3D11 games (eg. Grand Theft Auto V or The Witcher 3) with decent performance unlike WineD3D, which choked on them.
DirectX 11 for Windows 7 and vista
DirectX is a set of windows APIs to build gaming and other multimedia applications in windows. These include Direct3D 11, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, etc. and “X” in DirectX is a shorthand notation for all these APIs! The popular gaming console “Xbox” is based upon DirectX technology.Direct3D 11 is used in development of video games for Xbox 360 and Windows.
Like its predecessors, DirectX for windows 7 is an improvement over its earlier versions, to take advantage of improvements in computer’s graphic processing hardware and thereby provide rich media and gaming experience in windows.
What makes DirectX 11 different from DirectX 10?
DirectX 11 has a few new features over its predecessor DirectX10 but the one where this technology could make a visual difference to users is Tessellation. This produces more graphically detailed images and pictures, as it is implemented in the GPU to calculate a smoother curved surface.
The other new features include multi-threading i.e. the ability to scale across multi-core CPUs, resulting in faster frame rates for games and DirectCompute, that offers GPGPU (General-purpose computing on graphics processing units) support and lets windows application developers to speed up both gaming and non-gaming applications in windows 7.
DirectX 11 – Free Download for windows 7 and vista
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If you are a windows app developer, you can download DirectX 11 Software Development Kit.
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