Microsoft DirectX 11 is a group of technologies that integrate into Windows and adds the capabilities required to run many of the most popular PC gaming titles on Windows.
DirectX 11.1 is available for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 RS SP1, with Platform Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 (KB2670838). Note To upgrade DirectX further, you will need to upgrade your operating system. DirectX 10 10 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs. This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from components without restrictions. DirectX 10 10 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows. The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime provides updates to 11 and previous versions of Direct X — the core Windows® technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC. Direct3D 11 is out and ready for use by your game today to exploit the latest in video hardware features as well as current generation machines.
DirectX Description. DirectX is a Windows-based collection of APIs designed by Microsoft to run and display applications which feature high-performance multimedia such as full-col. The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime installs a number of runtime libraries from the legacy DirectX SDK for some games that use D3DX9, D3DX10, D3DX11, XAudio 2.7, XInput 1.3, XACT, and/or Managed DirectX 1.1. Note that this package does not modify the DirectX Runtime installed on your Windows OS in any way.
Whether it's from platforms like Steam or for games that have been purchased on other platforms or in hard copy format, DirectX 11 is necessary to take advantage of the graphics processing technology required to run them.
These newer technologies take some of the load off of the CPU for processing power and pass them on to the graphics card for more realistic-looking graphics rendering. NVIDIA and AMD (or ATI) graphics cards are fully capable of utilizing these options with DirectCompute 11.
Graphics processing, pixel shader, multi-threading
This iteration of DirectX includes graphics in full color, video support, rich audio streaming and the ability to run 3D graphics with the proper polygons and pixel shaders. It also comes with full installation for Direct3D 11 as well as the technologies included in other versions of the package that have grown up with the various versions of Windows over the past decade including DirectX 9 and DirectX 10.
Core new features: hardware-based tessellation, multi-threading support, and DirectCompute.
Directx Runtime User Web Installer
The DirectX Runtime that this package installs updates Direct3D, DirectInput and DirectSound; all components of the DirectX 11 series of updates.
Direct3D 11 is able to take advantage of all of the latest features in current generation PCs and the API is much faster than previous versions.
Virtually all graphics cards by NVIDIA and AMD support the features Microsoft includes here straight out of the box.
There may be issues with older video cards and especially those running on older versions of Windows such as Windows XP and Windows Vista. This can often lead to error messages such as Your graphics card does not support DirectX 11 features. A new video card is generally required to solve this issue.
Issues with Windows 10 systems
Windows 10 is fully compliant with DirectX 11 and all versions of Windows 8 and Windows 10 come pre-installed with DirectX 11. With that said, if there's an issue being experienced with graphics display on your PC, then this DirectX Runtime can be installed to solve that issue.
All in all, DirectX 11 is a huge step forward in video graphics processing and enables all of the most advanced features available in games for previous generations of Windows with the newest version, DirectX 12, taking the torch and improving on that even more.
DirectX 11 11 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs
This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from components without restrictions. DirectX 11 Update 11 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.
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