Hardware Support for Direct3D 10.1 Formats

This table lists the formats that are supported in Direct3D 10.1 hardware, which means that a Direct3D 10.1 class (or better) video card implements hardware acceleration for a resource that contains data in that particular format. Those formats whose support is listed as optional, may or may not be hardware accelerated.

• X - The format is supported by the hardware, for this format target.
• o - The format might be supported by the hardware, for this format target. However, the support is optional.
• blank - This format is not supported, as it may not even be compatible with this format target.

1 Requires DXGI 1.1 or later.

2 Requires DXGI 1.2 or later. DXGI 1.2 types are only supported on systems with Direct3D 11.1 or later.

Format Target

This is a list of the targets that are listed in the format table. A format target is a resource type, an HLSL intrinsic function, or a particular functionality that is dependent on a particular format.

1. Buffer
2. Vertex Buffer (IA stage)
3. Index Buffer (IA stage)
4. Stream Output Buffer
5. Texture1D
6. Texture2D
7. Texture3D
8. TextureCube
9. Shader ld
10. Shader sample (any filter)
11. Shader sample_c (comparison filter)
12. Shader sample (mono 1-bit filter)
13. Shader gather4
14. Mipmap
15. Mipmap Auto-Generation
16. Render Target
17. Blendable Render Target
18. Depth/Stencil Target
19. CPU Map
20. 4x Multisample Render Target
21. Other Multisample Render Target
22. Multisample Resolve
23. Multisample Load
24. Display Scan-Out
25. Cast Within Bit Layout

Example

The first format, R32G32B32A32_TYPELESS, is supported for the following format targets: 5,6,7,8,13, and 23. This means that the hardware implements hardware acceleration for the following:

• Several resource types (5-8): Texture1D, Texture2D, Texture3D, TextureCube
• A mipmap resource (13)
• A resource whose data can be cast between types without changing the bit layout (23)

The information in this table can be verified programmatically using ID3D10Device::CheckFormatSupport.

Backbuffers and scanouts with the DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT format contain linear valued gamma data.

Related topics

DXGI Enumerations

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