Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Graphic Improvements in Windows 8 http://media.ch9.ms/ch9/4c2f/57314a0e-f59c-4f65-8c2c-91cdf9564c2f/GameImprove_220.jpg Channel 9 - Graphic Improvements in Windows 8 In Windows 8, performance and battery life are important factors so we wanted to offload as much as possible on to the machine's graphics hardware to speed up everything you do.  That's why we invested in DirectX to hardware accelerate almost every aspect of the user experience. Graphics is literally at the core of every Windows 8 experience. For more information on graphic improvements in Windows 8, see the reference links here: Hardware accelerating everything: Windows 8 graphics Windows Graphics APIs See also related videos here: Windows 8 for Gaming en Fri, 24 May 2013 07:56:35 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 07:56:35 GMT Rev9 Re: Graphic Improvements in Windows 8 I don't want to sound like a 'Debbie downer' but I thought you were going to talk about Windows 8 graphics - you know, the desktop? or have people at Microsoft basically come to the conclusion that those of us who need the desktop are no longer worth catering for?

posted by KawaiiGardiner

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Introducing-Windows-8/Graphic-Improvements#c634906593581881637 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:15:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Introducing-Windows-8/Graphic-Improvements#c634906593581881637 KawaiiGardiner Re: Graphic Improvements in Windows 8 Have to agreewith KawaiiGardiner. Why no updates for Desktop devs?  When will we be able to safely and speedily mix D2D and WPF graphics on the desktop?

posted by schroedl

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Introducing-Windows-8/Graphic-Improvements#c634907526733286809 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:11:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Introducing-Windows-8/Graphic-Improvements#c634907526733286809 schroedl Re: Graphic Improvements in Windows 8 @KawaiiGardiner and @schroedl: Apologies I didn't touch on the desktop point more (thanks for the feedback Smiley ). We absolutely care about the desktop as well. All of the new DirectX11.1 features (eg; better graphics stack integration) are available for Windows 8's desktop interface and some features are even available for Windows 7. You can, for instance, easily use Direct2D and Direct3D together in the same app.

posted by PhilN

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Introducing-Windows-8/Graphic-Improvements#c634907823616317968 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:26:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Introducing-Windows-8/Graphic-Improvements#c634907823616317968 PhilN