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World of Warcraft Supports DirectX 12 on Windows 7

posted 2019/03/12 at 1:56 PM by perculia

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After we saw the performance gains of using multi-threaded rendering in DirectX 12 for the initial Tides of Vengeance update, we worked together with Microsoft and our hardware vendors to bring similar performance gains to our Windows 7 users. We are pleased to announce that with today’s content update, World of Warcraft will now support DirectX 12 on Windows 7. This allows our Windows 7 users to take advantage of the performance benefit of using DirectX 12, which was previously only available to our Windows 10 users.

Windows 7 users will need to make sure they have the latest graphics drivers to use DirectX 12. If your GPU supports DirectX 12 on Windows 7, you may enable it by selecting it in the Advanced System settings, under "Graphics API".

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Comment by Hhumasfrom where i can download update for dx11 to dx12 on windows 7 64 bit , i am still on dx11 i have checked its versionComment by Arnathonfrom where i can download update for dx11 to dx12 on windows 7 64 bit , i am still on dx11 i have checked its versionComment by DrakknfyreThis was completely out of the blue, but incredibly welcome.

Given how badly DX11 performance tanked for lots of people after 8.1 (I saw halved framerate and tons of microstutter) I'd guessed the changes they made to support DX12 multipath rendering unintentionally broke something in the DX11 one. They had been radio silent to the feedback. I guess this is the response.Comment by Drakknfyrefrom where i can download update for dx11 to dx12 on windows 7 64 bit , i am still on dx11 i have checked its versionComment by CCwowfrom where i can download update for dx11 to dx12 on windows 7 64 bit , i am still on dx11 i have checked its versionComment by Drakknfyrefrom where i can download update for dx11 to dx12 on windows 7 64 bit , i am still on dx11 i have checked its versionComment by Sesyl91Cries in Windows 8.1 :(Comment by Thagfrom where i can download update for dx11 to dx12 on windows 7 64 bit , i am still on dx11 i have checked its versionComment by SponkI'm running Win7-64 with a GTX1060 adapter, and have three options in the Graphics API menu;
DirectX 11 Legacy
DirectX 11
DirectX 12Comment by OakengroveBut still no fullscreen option...Comment by agrapurFor the people like me that got that "3d card not supported" because DirectX12 couldn't be updated, try this:

"DirectX version can also be changed out of game through the command line arguments in the Battle.net desktop app.

With the Battle.net desktop app opened and WoW selected click on Options
Select Game Settings
Find WoW and check the box for Additional command line arguments
In the new box enter the command for the desired DirectX version:
-d3d11
-d3d12
Click Done to save."
That worked fine for me.Comment by DrakknfyreI have only DX 11 Legacy and DX 11 option available, it means that the DX11 without legacy is the DX12 for Win7 ? :DComment by agrapurTry one of the two command lines above. If it ran prior 8.1.5, it will run with -d3d11 now.Comment by ArnathonBlue post was:

DirectX 11 Legacy

A single-threaded rendering backend. This is provided to be the most compatible with older hardware, operating systems, and drivers. This is also the least performant. This is very similar to the functionality of DirectX 11 in 8.0.1.

DirectX 11

A new multi-threaded rendering backend using DirectX 11. This should improve performance for older GPUs or operating systems that don’t support DirectX 12. This is new for 8.1.5.

DirectX 12

A multi-threaded rendering backend using DirectX 12 for hardware, drivers, and operating systems that support it. There are some performance improvements in 8.1.5, but it is mainly the same as the 8.1.0 release.Comment by XingbgPeople are still using 7's? lul :DComment by cybernoidIt wasn't, due mainly to marketing reasons and not why they couldn't make it so.

But then again, money talks, and now they can :)Comment by Hhumasfrom where i can download update for dx11 to dx12 on windows 7 64 bit , i am still on dx11 i have checked its version

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