Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM, initially LDDM as Longhorn Display Driver Model and then WVDDM in times of Windows Vista) is the graphic driver architecture...
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Windows 2000 to replace VxD, which was used on older versions of Windows such as Windows 95 and Windows 3.1, as well as the Windows NT Driver Model....
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Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced a new Windows Display Driver Model. The older drivers were still supported under Vista, but since the older model...
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Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) – the graphic display driver architecture for Windows Vista and later. Unified Audio Model (UAM) Windows Driver Foundation...
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DirectX 9, Pixel Shader 2.0, and the new Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM). Windows Vista Standard A variant of Windows Aero, but it lacks advanced graphical...
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Fax Viewer uses GDI+, Windows Photo Viewer uses Windows Imaging Component (WIC) and takes advantage of Windows Display Driver Model. Although GIF files...
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Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012, made available...
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DirectX Graphics Infrastructure (category Microsoft Windows stubs)
user-mode Windows Display Driver Model driver. DXGI provides objects to handle tasks such as enumerating graphics adapters and monitors, enumerating display modes...
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videos, which are Direct3D hardware accelerated and require the Windows Display Driver Model. Developers can create new effects, styles, and transitions through...
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Graphics Device Interface (redirect from Windows Printing System)
includes GDI hardware acceleration for blitting operations in the Windows Display Driver Model v1.1. This improves GDI performance and allows DWM to use local...
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effects that are the cornerstones of the Windows Aero graphical user interface. The new display driver model is also able to offload rudimentary tasks...
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Windows 10 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. Microsoft described Windows 10 as an "operating system as a service"...
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XP. Details and advantages of Vista's Windows Display Driver Model are hidden from the application if WDDM drivers are installed. This is the only API available...
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stacking window manager in Windows XP and earlier (and also Windows Vista and Windows 7 with Windows Aero disabled) comprises a single display buffer to...
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Direct3D 11 runtime). With a video driver conforming to Windows Display Driver Model v1.1, DXGI kernel in Windows 7 provides 2D hardware acceleration...
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hardware advancements such as DVD players. Windows 98 was the first edition of Windows to adopt the Windows Driver Model, and introduced features that would...
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Direct3D (redirect from Windows Graphics Foundation)
September 30, 2014. "Graphics APIs in Windows". MSDN. August 2009. "The role of the Windows Display Driver Model in the DWM". April 2, 2006. "API Features...
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Timeout Detection and Recovery (category Microsoft Windows)
0x116), recovery and resetting of display driver from a TDR timeout failed. Windows Display Driver Model Display driver DirectX Vulkan Microsoft. "Timeout...
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available. In Windows Vista, the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) does not support two different display adapters. When using two display adapters, both...
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Windows 11 is the current major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, released on October 5, 2021, as the successor to Windows 10 (2015)...
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Compared with previous versions of Microsoft Windows, features new to Windows Vista are numerous, covering most aspects of the operating system, including...
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Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, targeting the server and business markets. It is the direct...
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Lower-Priced Model X 60D", Car and Driver Mark Lelinwalla, TechCrunch. "Tesla introduces a more affordable Model X." July 13, 2016. "Tesla Model X 60D Upgrade...
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Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which...
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primitives, for building such GUI environments: drawing and moving windows on the display and interacting with a mouse, keyboard or touchscreen. X does not...
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card. Highlights: Windows Display Driver Model 2.0 and DirectX 12 Microsoft Cortana Windows Phone 8.1 Windows 8.1 Spring Update Windows free on all devices...
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DirectX Video Acceleration (category Device drivers)
the Windows Display Driver Model drivers, which limits DXVA 2.0 to Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 8....
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Surface Pro (11th generation) (section Models)
the Qualcomm Snapdragon X series CPUs to the Surface Pro model line, and therefore runs Windows on ARM. It is also the first Surface device with a built-in...
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MacBook Pro (redirect from MacBook Pro with Retina Display)
revisions added Intel Core 2 Duo processors and LED-backlit displays. The unibody 15-inch model debuted in October 2008, with a 17-inch variant added in...
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Nvidia 3D Vision (section Stereo driver)
driver which was converted to use Windows Display Driver Model, making it only compatible with Windows Vista and Nvidia's glasses. The stereo driver was...
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