is this true about windows 7 and dx11 ???

beasty6 · 8 Jan 2011 at 19:44

hey guys,

ive just herd from a friend of mine that you can only use dx11 with windows 7 as your OS is this true as i have a windows XP lying around somewhere

cheers guys

beasty

Crowort · 8 Jan 2011 at 20:35

It is true. I think XP goes up to DX9.

robinbredin · 8 Jan 2011 at 20:37

XP = DX9
Vista = DX 10
Win 7 = DX11
Win 8 = DX 12, or HTML 5

hyperst · 8 Jan 2011 at 20:56

Isn't Vista DX11 as well? could have swore there is an update for it, when I ran Vista I think I updated to it.

the1gooner · 8 Jan 2011 at 20:59

hyperst said:
Isn't Vista DX11 as well? could have swore there is an update for it, when I ran Vista I think I updated to it.

It came as an update like you said about 2-3 months ago.

iviv · 8 Jan 2011 at 21:06

I think I see what you're asking, and you can use Windows 7 with a directX9 graphics card, it doesn't have to be a DX11 one. But obviously you won't be able to play games that require a DX11 graphics card like Just Cause 2.

DefiantAsh · 8 Jan 2011 at 21:07

robinbredin said:
XP = DX9
Vista = DX 10
Win 7 = DX11
Win 8 = DX 12, or HTML 5

lol, i thought HTML language updates itself in things like Dreamweaver CS5 and stuff like that? :confused:

robinbredin · 9 Jan 2011 at 12:18

Yea, does look abit lit the language, but here,

HTML5
Main article: HTML5 vs. Flash
HTML 5 is gaining ground as a competitor to Flash: the canvas element assists animation, and text can be more easily synchronized with audio and video element timeupdate events. In one example of this, Scribd, a 50 million user a month document sharing website, announced in May 2010 that after three years of investment in Flash, it is changing from that platform to the HTML5 standard.[70]

DefiantAsh · 9 Jan 2011 at 20:34

robinbredin said:
Yea, does look abit lit the language, but here,

ah oki dokes, you win

PoD · 9 Jan 2011 at 22:54

robinbredin said:
Yea, does look abit lit the language, but here,

Errrr HTML is a browser defined language nothing to do with the Operating System (OS). Hence why it can be used on all OS's, HTML 5 is currently supported by IE9, but not fully.

DefiantAsh said:
lol, i thought HTML language updates itself in things like Dreamweaver CS5 and stuff like that?

You simply make reference to the libraries when designing the page and have the supporting browser call them, they are actually updated as a standardisation

DX11 is a collection of Application Programming Interfaces and these link to the OS; So Vista can support DX10 because Vista and Windows 7 are built on the same kernal. Windows 7 is basically Vista with a different Shell

XP = previous versions up to DX9
Vista = all previous Direct X versions up to DX 11
Win 7 = all previous Direct X versions up to DX 11
Win 8 = No known information although it is safe to assume that it will support previous versions of DX and will most likely support DX12 and possibly above.

Paul_Robson · 11 Jan 2011 at 01:51

To play certain games ive had to install DXX9.0c on my Windows 7-64 pc.