Introducing Direct3D 11.1 and 11.2
With the release of Windows 8 came a minor release of Direct3D, Version 11.1 and the DXGI API, Version 1.2. A number of features that do not require Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 1.2 were later made available for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
Now with the release of Windows 8.1 in October 2013 and the arrival of the Xbox One not long after, Microsoft has provided another minor release of Direct3D, Version 11.2 and DXGI Version 1.3. These further updates are not available on previous versions of Windows 7 or Windows 8.
Direct3D 11.1 and DXGI 1.2 features
Direct3D 11.1 introduces a number of enhancements and additional features, ...
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