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PCGH - News: Windows 7: Combined release with Direct X11 is unlikely
PCGH - News: Windows 7: Combined release with Direct X11 is unlikely
PCGH has visited Microsoft in Unterschleißheim, Germany and asked Ben Basaric, Product Marketing Manager Windows, some questions about Windows 7. We translated the original german interview into English. PCGH: The User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 7 will be less obtrusive than the one in ...
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PCGH - News: DirectX 11 confirmed for Windows 7 - Microsoft revised statement
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Windows 7 Might not have DX 11
TweakTown News RSS Feed — ... SP1 kernel and driver framework many still want to believe this is “Vista Done Right”. But, as with Vista, as the date of launch draws near we hear rumors of features possibly being dropped, the latest seems to be DX 11. The gang over at PCGamesHardware.com have gotten an interview with Ben Basaric, Product Marketing Manager Windows Germany and have asked him some questions about the pending new OS from Redmond including if DX 11 will ship with Windows 7. Read the full interview here . PCGH: Will Windows 7 be delivered with DirectX 11? Ben Basaric: That is to be ...

Windows 7 might not have DX11 support
TweakTown News RSS Feed — ... SP1 kernel and driver framework many still want to believe this is “Vista Done Right”. But, as with Vista, as the date of launch draws near we hear rumors of features possibly being dropped, the latest seems to be DX 11. The gang over at PCGamesHardware.com have gotten an interview with Ben Basaric, Product Marketing Manager Windows Germany and have asked him some questions about the pending new OS from Redmond including if DX 11 will ship with Windows 7. Read the full interview here . PCGH: Will Windows 7 be delivered with DirectX 11? Ben Basaric: That is to be ...

DirectX 11 unlikely to be released with Windows 7
DV Hardware — ... Ben Basaric: That is to be determined yet. I could speculate, but that wouldn't help you. But I can give a tendency: unlikely. PCGH: Will Vista drivers work on Windows 7? Ben Basaric: Our aim is to make any program and driver that worked on Vista compatible to Windows 7. Therefore I can answer this question with Yes. There will always be the one or the other exception, but because of this we had switched the driver model with Vista. More over here. DirectX 11 unlikely to be released with Windows 7 - ...

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Windows 7, DirectX 11!
Maximum PC — ... with Windows 7, after all. Earlier this week, PCGH had reported that the pairing of DirectX 11 and Windows 7 was "unlikely." ...

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