The whole thing is quite interesting, but you can scrub forward to around the 28-minute mark for the goodies.īeyond tiled resources, DirectX 11.2 introduces a slew of interesting and potentially quite powerful features. You can see the same demo (albeit not shown by Leblond) in the video below. On stage, Leblond showed us a high-res game demo that apparently used 9GB of textures, most of which were stored in system RAM. The standout feature appears to be Direct3D tiled resources, which allows developers to easily use both GPU and system RAM to store textures. With DirectX 11.2 offering some cool new features, and yet no clear technological reason for making it an exclusive, it would seem that Microsoft is attempting to tease Windows 7 and XP holdouts into upgrading to Windows 8.1.ĭirectX 11.2 made its debut last week at Microsoft's Build conference, where it was released along with Windows 8.1 Preview and also demoed on stage by Antoine Leblond. If you think you are facing problems with your DirectX installation or finding it difficult in getting a game or movie to play properly on your Windows PC, you might want to run the DirectX Diagnostic Tool.Microsoft has confirmed that DirectX 11.2 will be exclusive to Windows 8.1 and the Xbox One. Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 will support and come installed with DirectX 11.2. DirectX 11.1 is supported in Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Server 2012. Once you have downloaded and run the web installer, you will be required to restart your system.ĭirectX 11 is supported in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer will install the DirectX files your computer is missing. You can search for DirectX from the Microsoft Download Center. You can get more information on this at KB179113.Ģ. You can also manually download and apply the update package that updates DirectX to the latest version for your operating system.
Apply the latest service pack or platform update which may be offered to your system.
You could use the Windows Update to update your DirectX to the latest available version.
Although DirectX is included as an integral part of the Windows operating systems, if you feel the need to update it, you can update DirectX via Windows Update by applying the latest service pack or platform update – or you download and install it directly.ġ.
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