Supporting Direct3D Version 11

This section applies only to Windows 7 and later, and Windows Server 2008 R2 and later versions of Windows operating system.

The following sections describe the features added in Direct3D version 11 and how to support and use the Direct3D Version 11 DDI:

Enabling Support for the Direct3D Version 11 DDI

Initializing Communication with the Direct3D Version 11 DDI

Pipelines for Direct3D Version 11

Supporting Threading, Command Lists, and 3-D Pipeline

Changes from Direct3D 10

Supporting Deferred Contexts

Supporting Command Lists

Conforming to the DXGI DDI