DirectX 12 Makes Windows 7 Debut With Latest World of Warcraft Patch

[lexluthermiester]

Oh really, how do you suppose many of the DX12 features will work without kernel level support?

How does Vulkan work without kernel level support? Simple, doesn't need it.

Emulation, windows gaming on linux (via Wine?)

Incorrect.

often takes a massive performance hit.

Also incorrect.

The same goes for any sort of emulation

Your statement shows you don't really understand how things work.

Admittedly we'll have to see what DX12 features WoW has on win7, but it goes without saying that not everything will work as it does on win10.

It'll be whatever Blizzard wants to implement.

 

[eidairaman1]

It’s going to be a per game basis, to only work with the patched games. WOW is first one. It will be distributed as a game patch, not MS.

Yup until someone cracks the code and makes a redist file.

Argh, this sucks. The death of Windows 7 can't come quick enough. Using that OS is like riding a dinosaur to work at this point.

It doesnt need reinstalls like w10 does after an update breaks the os.

That is your opinion, not shared by everyone.


A whole ton of system configs become a pain to access or just plain don't exist.

To me the UI on 7 just works and can be customized, W10s feels like the dinosaur.

 

[Legacy-ZA]

What's next? Microsoft bringing back 3D Sound acceleration for Windows?? Blasphemy!

I wish, how I wish.

Remember F.E.A.R? That games sound will still blow anyone away, or the first Bioshock. Providing they have a sound card that can make use of it.

 

[medi01]

I jumped on the w10 wagon in 2017 thinking it'll soon get better than dx12.

With nvidia GPU it was rather optimistic.

How does Vulkan works without kernel level support?

Does it?

 

[chrcoluk]

So how is dx12 downloaded? I dont see any download page anywhere, I want to see if its also available for windows 8.1.

 

[rtwjunkie]

So how is dx12 downloaded? I dont see any download page anywhere, I want to see if its also available for windows 8.1.

Please read the thread. All answers are within. It’s been said several times.

 

[Easo]

Buy a license, download the iso from Microsoft.

You cannot buy LTSB license as an individiual, only as company. Everyone here has their own business with Microsoft E1/3/whatever subscription or Enterprise agreement with Microsoft? Doesn't seem very realistic...

https://winaero.com/blog/upgrade-windows-10-evaluation-to-full-version-easily/

In Home and Pro versions the only nags on unactivated copy are watermark and not being able to set desktop background with windows tools.

Your link still requires Enterprise MAK key or KMS server and we are not talking about Home/Pro, but LTSB.
So, again, home user, how? Legally, without piracy. It is a no-no on this forum.

 

[cucker tarlson]

With nvidia GPU it was rather optimistic.

I'd say that in case of nvidia it'd be pessimistic to think dx11 won't deliver 100% performance already without the need for buggy and unstable dx12 that amd recommends for radeon.
I hear division 2 is an exception.So much hype for async and the new enhanced feature of Radeon VII just to see it match 1080Ti again.Been waiting for amd to deliver that crushing dx12 performance since 2015,will this happen anytime soom?

 

[medi01]

buggy and unstable dx12

FUD is forever.

amd to deliver that crushing dx12 performance since 2015

Which GPU did you use back then?

 

[cucker tarlson]

FUD is forever.




Which GPU did you use back then?

Lol,fud.so basically what everyone said happened never happened according to you.Not gonna debate what is common knowledge,waste of time.I know,alternative facts are just as relevant as actual facts.

980ti and a 1440p 144hz display at that point.My first high end gaming setup,so you know I really cared about what I was getting. So glad I actually read the reviews and made an educated purchase,didn't buy (or should I say "step into") the Fury X hype.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Does it?

That article explains why kernel support is not needed.

You cannot buy LTSB license as an individual

It can be done.

 

[R-T-B]

Buy a license, download the iso from Microsoft.

They don't sell the licenses in one packs.

Using that OS is like riding a dinosaur to work at this point.

Tbh that sounds epic.

Hardware drivers are still interchangeable

I've yet to meet one 10 driver that could run on 7, so not really...

All of that is bullshit by first rule since the dawn of the Internet

Wannacry says hello.

It can be done.

Not while complying with the EULA. The only way I can think an individual can legally attain ltsb is to work for a company who kindly gifts him a license.

I'm in that situation, but it's a copy of 2015 ltsb and feels rather dated now.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I've yet to meet one 10 driver that could run on 7, so not really...

I've done it a few times. Maybe it doesn't work with every single driver out there, but I have yet to find one that doesn't.

 

[mouacyk]

Admittedly we'll have to see what DX12 features WoW has on win7, but it goes without saying that not everything will work as it does on win10.

Pretty sure it has to have better multi-threaded rendering to improve fps and framerate consistency on too-many core CPUs.

 

[eidairaman1]

Pretty sure it has to have better multi-threaded rendering to improve fps and framerate consistency on too-many core CPUs.

W10s scheduler is still broken. Linux has it right.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Like I said in the other thread, I get the impression Windows 7 DXDIAG won't show DirectX 12 is installed/supported. WoW will use D3D12's multithreaded rendering capabilities and submit the frame to the display driver via D3D11 calls. Microsoft says performance won't be as good as running DirectX 12 natively on Windows 10 and there's absolutely no reason to believe it will. The Windows 7 display driver isn't D3D12 compatible.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Like I said in the other thread, I get the impression Windows 7 DXDIAG won't show DirectX 12 is installed/supported. WoW will use D3D12's multithreaded rendering capabilities and submit the frame to the display driver via D3D11 calls. Microsoft says performance won't be as good as running DirectX 12 natively on Windows 10 and there's absolutely no reason to believe it will. The Windows 7 display driver isn't D3D12 compatible.

That's great thing about software, it's flexible. As long as supporting hardware is there, the software can be made to run on it. There's no magic about it, only know-how.

 

[eidairaman1]

That's great thing about software, it's flexible. As long as supporting hardware is there, the software can be made to run on it. There's no magic about it, only know-how.

The truth is Microsoft could actually make the display driver environment and Windows 7 compatible with DirectX 12 or vice versa they just don't want to do it so they can force the broken operating system known as Windows 10 on everyone

 

[FordGT90Concept]

They would have to encourage Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA to push out D3D12 drivers for Windows 7 and they won't do that. Intel/AMD/NVIDIA want to EoL Windows 7 as bad as Microsoft does. Windows 10 is difficult enough to WHQL by itself with the regular RedStone updates that almost always affect the display driver.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Not while complying with the EULA. The only way I can think an individual can legally attain ltsb is to work for a company who kindly gifts him a license.

There is another way.

I'm in that situation, but it's a copy of 2015 ltsb and feels rather dated now.

This equally applies to LTSC.

The truth is Microsoft could actually make the display driver environment and Windows 7 compatible with DirectX 12 or vice versa they just don't want to do it so they can force the broken operating system known as Windows 10 on everyone

Of course. This is exactly what they are doing and have been doing so since Vista with DX10. Halo2, a game that literally required the DX10 libraries, ran just fine on Windows XP after having been modified and the needed libraries included. As long as the GPU was DX10 ready the game ran perfectly. Lot's of people back then claimed that XP couldn't handle DX10 because of "kernel level this" and "driver model that". All of it was clueless nonsense.

Windows 10 is difficult enough to WHQL by itself with the regular RedStone updates that almost always affect the display driver.

That's Microsoft's fault. If they'd quit changing things every ten seconds, hardware makers would not have these issues.

 

[eidairaman1]

They would have to encourage Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA to push out D3D12 drivers for Windows 7 and they won't do that. Intel/AMD/NVIDIA want to EoL Windows 7 as bad as Microsoft does. Windows 10 is difficult enough to WHQL by itself with the regular RedStone updates that almost always affect the display driver.

You mean updates that always break the OS, 7 you dont have to worry about that. It just works.

 

[R-T-B]

There is another way.

I'm unaware of any? Care to share? Pretty sure purchasing a license online at any website would be a license violation, (as well as falsely claiming to be a company).

You mean updates that always break the OS, 7 you dont have to worry about that. It just works.

Honestly I keep hearing about these but have yet to experience them. The privacy considerations are more of an ethical issue for me than anything else.

I've done it a few times. Maybe it doesn't work with every single driver out there, but I have yet to find one that doesn't.

NDIS is one case where I'm sure it won't work, because there've been like 2 revisions since 7 (network drivers).

Same with display because of WDDM changes.

I've done it a few times. Maybe it doesn't work with every single driver out there, but I have yet to find one that doesn't.

I'm curious what you've tried. I liteally could not make one do it (10 driver run on 7, 7 runs on 10 fine though) when I was experimenting.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I'm unaware of any? Care to share? Pretty sure purchasing a license online at any website would be a license violation, (as well as falsely claiming to be a company).

You have to jump through a few hoops and you have to have a reseller account. It helps if you have a business, but that's not critical.

NDIS is one case where I'm sure it won't work, because there've been like 2 revisions since 7 (network drivers).

Same with display because of WDDM changes.

I've done a few network drivers. Never had problems.

I'm curious what you've tried. I literally could not make one do it (10 driver run on 7, 7 runs on 10 fine though) when I was experimenting.

To be fair, now that I think about it, it's only been network, sound and chipset drivers.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

That's Microsoft's fault. If they'd quit changing things every ten seconds, hardware makers would not have these issues.

Tech is evolve or die.

You mean updates that always break the OS, 7 you dont have to worry about that. It just works.

It's also a decade old and only on life support.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Tech is evolve or die.


It's also a decade old and only on life support.

While I agree generally, change for the sake of change is rarely positive.