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Display and Graphics

Windows 8 provides a new mobile user experience and supports key areas of innovation in graphics hardware and software that benefit end users, developers, and system manufacturers. The best visual experience in Windows 8 is delivered with the latest graphics hardware paired with an optimized Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) version 1.2 driver.

Graphics and Windows 8

Graphics and Windows 7

Graphics - WinHEC 2008

Connecting Projectors and Using Docking Stations with Windows 7 [WinHEC 2008; 2.8 MB] [PPT]
Direct3D 11: New GPU Compute Shader [WinHEC 2008; 6.2 MB] [PPT]
DirectX: Core Graphics for Windows 7 [WinHEC 2008; 6.8 MB] [PPT]
DirectX11: New Hardware and APIs [WinHEC 2008; 4.3 MB] [PPT]
Display Driver Interface Changes for Windows 7 [WinHEC 2008; 2.5 MB] [PPT]
Display Technologies [WinHEC 2008; 2.3 MB] [PPT]
GPU Performance and GPU/CPU Interactions in Windows 7 [WinHEC 2008; 6.5 MB] [PPT]
High DPI and Windows 7 [WinHEC 2008; 2.6 MB] [PPT]
Working With the Windows 7 Graphics Architecture [WinHEC 2008; 1.3 MB] [PPT]

Graphics and Windows Vista

Graphics - WinHEC 2007

Windows Display Driver Model Key Features [WinHEC 2007; 2.7 MB] [PPT]
Windows Graphics Architecture [WinHEC 2007; 301 KB] [PPT]

WDK Resources

Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) Design Guide

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