The Windows graphics application programming interfaces, covered by the new whitepaper and samples, include Direct3D 11, Direct2D, Direct3D 10, and Direct3D 9Ex. According to Microsoft the resources apply not only to Windows 7, but also to Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) via the Windows Client Platform Update for Windows Vista.

“Both the whitepaper and sample applications help developers use multiple APIs to render to the same surface in an application designed for Windows 7 or Windows Vista operating systems. Best practice guidelines and pointers to additional resources are available in this whitepaper. Sample application for synchronized shared surface support is available here. Sample application using the shared surface queue helper utility is available here,” the Microsoft DirectX Developer team representative added.

Microsoft is also offering developers resources highlighting Windows 7 Direct3D9Ex Presentation improvements for video applications. The evolution from Vista to Windows 7, and from DirectX 10 to DirectX 11 brought with it Flip Mode Present and Present Statistics in Direct3D 9Ex and Desktop Window Manager. The software giant explains that the new Windows 7 additions permit devs to build applications that cut down on system resource load in scenarios in which DWM is enabled.

“Present Statistics enhancements associated with Flip Mode Present enable Direct3D 9Ex applications to better control the rate of presentation by providing real-time feedback and correction mechanisms. Detailed explanations and pointers to sample resources are included in this whitepaper. Sample application using Direct3D9Ex Flip Mode Present and its Present Statisics is available here.”

• CoaIP, 5 hr 2 min ago, -1/+11You're right. Let me install Dragon Age on my Mac… oh, wait. Okay, how about Borderlands, that's a fun game. Hmm… no Mac version either. Wait a minute. In what way does Snow Leopard kick 7's ass?
• datdamonfoo, 4 hr 54 min ago, -1/+10Don't forget watching Blu-Ray discs on a Mac, no native support.

  Oh yah, want to configure your own computer and run your OS? Sorry, Snow Leopard is not for you.

• datdamonfoo, 4 hr 53 min ago, -0/+8You know, you could just check the article. You'll see that it isn't that huge. In fact, it really just boils down to "download Microsoft Security Essentials (for free)". The end.
• doshindude, 4 hr 48 min ago, -0/+5YEAH! Now I'm gonna play TF2 on my MBP…SON OF A BITCH.
• lynx44, 4 hr 34 min ago, -2/+7I just love how lightweight Windows 7 feels. I installed it on my 4 year old laptop and it feels like it was made for it. Seems like it runs just as well as XP did, and I like all the new features they added.
• Oinkie, 4 hr 59 min ago, -3/+8I <3 Win7
• adeelarshad82, 7 hr 21 min ago, -3/+7*sigh* you might wanna watch this

  http://digg.com/comedy/Little_PC_Girl_vs_Little_Ma …

• dorinspoaller, 5 hr 2 min ago, -0/+4You can run Worms Armageddon on it!
• Outofthenight, 2 hr 34 min ago, -1/+4I fell for that too. Just wait, til you start trying to do anything with files. Copying, deleting, hell even renaming files takes an order of magnitude longer than it did in XP.

  Windows Explorer in 7 (and I hear in Vista too) sucks camel testis. I'm on the verge of going back to XP, just to be able to get some work done, and I hate the idea of doing that.

• JesusFaction, 2 hr 26 min ago, -0/+3this is my only gripe with windows 7 so far
• Th3Wh1teRabb1t, 4 hr ago, -2/+5You know, there is Windows XP Mode for compatibility of older software(although I haven't run into a lot of trouble yet personally). The last part of your comment makes me wonder if you have really even tried it yet though.
• scoottie, 1 hr 53 min ago, -0/+2I like 7, but this article gave no useful information.
• ahwang, 4 hr 55 min ago, -0/+2The first commenter accidentally:

  thinkpt1
  January 6, 2010 5:02pm
  Why can't I more than one internet website open? I want to listen to pandora while surfing the net but it keeps bringing pandora up everytime I click on internt?

  well, perhaps more than that

• TheInformer, 4 hr 46 min ago, -0/+1As long as I can use the secret code IDDQD, I'm happy.
• mark5hs, 4 hr 43 min ago, -0/+1Heh, I see this right after I place my order for a Windows 7 upgrade copy for my laptop. Can't wait
• datdamonfoo, 3 hr 45 min ago, -0/+1I see what you did there.

  And I hate it.

• Hercules, 4 hr 16 min ago, -2/+3PC Magazine should not be writing any articles any more. They sold out a long time ago to advertisers.
• zaldoe, 2 hr 27 min ago, -1/+1Dragon Age is available for the Mac.

  http://dragonage.bioware.com/game/ordermac/

• BabyWookie, 2 hr 17 min ago, -1/+1If you want to just play games, get an XBox.
• InvincibleQ, 4 hr 35 min ago, -3/+2Pfft, those are features.
• CaughtThinking, 3 hr 59 min ago, -3/+1Windows 7 Guido: Jolie, Situation, DJ Ronnie D
• AlaskaLoneWolf, 2 hr 29 min ago, -3/+1Dude. You can't help but "try" it if you intend on purchasing any new piece of hardware. Lemme clarify, the desktop "gadgets" are wonky, and take marginal performance machines to new lows, huge system requirements to run, a "new" windows media player that blows, the "control panel" is still a mess, successfully 'dumbed down' the computing experience to a point where even if you wanted to know how to fix it, you'd spend the rest of your life searching through a fvcking help menu or waiting your turn with customer service… but lets talk about all the software that DOESN'T work. How about that. Sounds to me like you must have just decided to get into this whole computer 'internet' fad, and I'll just go on believing that you don't know any better. I've owned countless incarnations of Windows. Each time I looked forward to it finally being "fixed". I've tried to give it a chance. I really did. Still hate it. At least I'm not alone.

  Additional References:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTpAHoAbxzU
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4slDVbgVos
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMvI9lwCcyI

• ptFoe, 4 hr 39 min ago, -4/+2don't worry just like Vista

  http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2009/11/03/win …

• RayCasanova, 5 hr 5 min ago, -7/+4Why do I get the feeling that the security section will be HUGE?
• datdamonfoo, 4 hr 56 min ago, -10/+6Not MUCH better, as Vista was a great OS, but Windows 7 is certainly better.
• lfc4eva99, 7 hr 46 min ago, -11/+7Much better than Vista!
• mparker21311, 3 hr 46 min ago, -6/+2Windows 7 wins so much that it even has "win" in it's title.
• 2poster, 7 hr 43 min ago, -5/+0gamers its a must see information…. thanks
• AlaskaLoneWolf, 4 hr 12 min ago, -10/+4I disagree. Windows 7 sucks donkey balls. Try taking some older software off the shelf. NOT backwards compatible. And no, Windows 7 wasn't my idea. My idea was for the federal government to act on existing anti-monopoly laws and break Microsoft up into about twenty different companies, none of which would attempt to make operating systems for computers. Leave writing code to people who actually give a sh!t.
• mahendras, 7 hr 44 min ago, -10/+2It is very useful article for gamer user good .
• uzair21, 7 hr 39 min ago, -16/+4Snow Leopard would kick 7's ass any day of the week

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