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  • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.dev
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    1 year ago

    Wasn’t there a directx version that wasn’t supported by win 7? Pretty sure that was done to push people to upgrade. I’m not a power gamer myself, but I can understand if you bought a video card that costs as much as the rest of your components, you’ll want to get the most out of it.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yes, DirectX12 didn’t come to Windows 7

      Similarly, DirectStorage isn’t being added to Windows 10. But that’s not used by many games