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In Direct3D 11, the concept of feature levels has been further expanded to run on most downlevel hardware including Direct3D 9 cards with WDDM drivers.. There are seven feature levels provided by D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL structure; levels 9_1, 9_2 and 9_3 (collectively known as Direct3D 10 Level 9) re-encapsulate various features of popular Direct3D 9 cards conforming to Shader Model 2.0, while ...
major mandatory features – (Direct3D 11.0, 12), a few minor features (Direct3D 10.1, 11.1), or; a common set of previously optional features (Direct3D 11.0 "10 level 9"). Each upper level is a strict superset of a lower level, with only a few new or previously optional features that move to the core functionality on an upper level. [67]
The primary feature highlight for the new release of DirectX was the introduction of advanced low-level programming APIs for Direct3D 12 which can reduce driver overhead. Developers are now able to implement their own command lists and buffers to the GPU, allowing for more efficient resource utilization through parallel computation .
In Windows 10, WARP has been updated to support Direct3D 12 at feature level 12_1; under Direct3D 12, WARP also replaces the Reference rasterizer. In Windows 11, WARP was updated to support feature level 12_2 (DirectX 12 Ultimate) with variable rate shading, sampler feedback, mesh shaders, and DirectX Raytracing.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) includes WDDM 2.1, which supports Shader Model 6.0 (mandatory for feature levels 12_0 and 12_1), [44] and DXGI 1.5 which supports HDR10 - a 10-bit high dynamic range, wide gamut format [45] defined by ITU-T Rec. 2100/Rec.2020 - and variable refresh rates. [46]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... DirectX: Direct3D 12.0 (feature level 12_0) (GCN 2nd gen and higher) [7] Shader Model 6.5 ...
Windows 10 includes DirectX 12 alongside WDDM 2.0. [12] [13] Unveiled March 2014 at GDC, DirectX 12 aims to provide "console-level efficiency" with "closer to the metal" access to hardware resources, and reduced CPU and graphics driver overhead.
DirectX Raytracing (DXR) is a feature introduced in Microsoft's DirectX 12 that implements ray tracing, for video graphic rendering. DXR was released with the Windows 10 October update (version 1809) on October 10, 2018.