

Methods that depend on WDDM 1.2 drivers or new Windows Store app APIs are not supported.

Thankfully, the MSDN blog post offers a more thorough run-down of the changes and additions in store. Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform (WARP).The official release notes say this platform update "improves the features and performance" of components, including: It’s also being rolled out as part of the Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview for Windows 7. The patch is available here from Microsoft’s Support site. According to a post on the MSDN Games for Windows and DirectX SDK blog, there’s a new patch out for Windows 7 that includes "portions" of the DirectX 11.1 runtime.

That remark was true-but, as it turns out, only partially so. Last week, a Microsoft developer stated that DirectX 11.1 would remain a Windows 8-only feature.
