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Microsoft Windows 7 uses DirectX 10.1

I just found a blog entry that was posted yesterday about a recent Microsoft conference that is pretty interesting. According to this slide Windows 7 DWM uses the DirectX3D10.1 API! That would be a win for AMD and ATI! Since Windows 7 can use the GPU beter with DirectX 10.1 memory consumption is cut by 50% a window, which is nuts!

If you didn’t think the performance benefits of using Aero Glass could get any better, then see this. At PDC 2008, Anantha Kancherla presented a session on “Windows 7: Writing Your Application to Shine on Modern Graphics Hardware” where he presented a mindblowing fact about the Windows 7 Desktop Window Manager. Because Windows 7 can take better advantage of the GPU and uses the Direct3D 10.1 API, it is able to reduce reduce memory consumption (in the graphics system) by 50% per each window rendered. On top of that, this is also what enables the much richer animation and styling of the interface like the “color hot-track” feature. Pretty cool huh.

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Posted by | Thu, Oct 30, 2008 - 08:13 AM