Editing Direct3D (section)

==Overview==
{{See also|DirectX#Version history}}

* Direct3D 6.0 – [[Texture mapping|Multitexturing]]
* Direct3D 7.0 – Hardware [[Transform, clipping, and lighting|Transformation, Clipping and Lighting]] (TCL/T&L), [[DXVA]] 1.0
* Direct3D 8.0 – Pixel [[Shader]] 1.0/1.1 & Vertex Shader 1.0/1.1<ref>{{cite web |title=DirectX 8: Raising the Ante for Realism in Graphics |url=https://www.evga.com/articles/images/11directx8.pdf |website=evga.com |access-date=6 September 2023}}</ref>
* Direct3D 8.1 – Pixel Shader 1.2/1.3/1.4<ref>{{cite web |title=Home> GPUs ATI SMARTSHADER Technology - Powering the next generation Radeon |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/800/3 |website=anandtech.com |access-date=6 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vertex Shaders and Pixel Shaders |url=http://www.thg.ru/graphic/20020116/shaders-10.html |website=thg.ru/ |access-date=6 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vertex Shaders and Pixel Shaders |url=http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20020116/shaders-10.html |access-date=6 September 2023 |archive-date=August 16, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040816024841/http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20020116/shaders-10.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* Direct3D 9.0 – Shader Model 2.0 (Pixel Shader 2.0 & Vertex Shader 2.0)
* Direct3D 9.0a – Shader Model 2.0a (Pixel Shader 2.0a & Vertex Shader 2.0a)
* Direct3D 9.0b – Pixel Shader 2.0b, [[H.264]]
* Direct3D 9.0c – last version supported for [[Windows 98]]/[[Windows Me|ME]] (early releases)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.falconfly.de/directx.htm |title=MicroSoft DirectX Downloads for Windows (Win95, Win98, Win98SE, WinME, Win2000, WinXP) |website=www.falconfly.de |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110152918/http://www.falconfly.de/directx.htm |archive-date=10 November 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and for [[Windows 2000]]/[[Windows XP|XP]] (all releases);<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34429 |title=Download DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime from Official Microsoft Download Center |website=www.microsoft.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729053943/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34429 |archive-date=29 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Shader Model 3.0 (Pixel Shader 3.0 & Vertex Shader 3.0)
* Direct3D 9.0L – [[Windows Vista]] only; Direct3D 9.0c, Shader Model 3.0, Windows Graphics Foundation 1.0, [[GPGPU]]
* Direct3D 10.0 – Windows Vista/Windows 7; [[Unified shader model|Shader Model 4.0]], Windows Graphics Foundation 2.0, DXVA 2.0
* Direct3D 10.1 – Windows Vista SP1/Windows 7; Shader Model 4.1, Windows Graphics Foundation 2.1, DXVA 2.1
* Direct3D 11.0 – Windows Vista SP2/[[Windows 7]]; Shader Model 5.0, Tessellation, Multithreaded rendering, [[Compute shader]]s, implemented by hardware and software running Direct3D 9/10/10.1
* Direct3D 11.1 – [[Windows 8]] (partially supported on Windows 7 SP1 also); Stereoscopic 3D Rendering, [[H.265]]
* Direct3D 11.2 – [[Windows 8.1]]; Tiled resources
* Direct3D 11.3 – [[Windows 10]]
* Direct3D 12.0 – [[Windows 10]]; low-level [[Rendering (computer graphics)|rendering]] [[Application programming interface|API]], Shader Model 5.1 and 6.0
* Direct3D 12.1 – Windows 10; [[DirectX Raytracing]]
* Direct3D 12.2 – Windows 10; [[DirectX 12 Ultimate]]