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Windows 10 is here! I wanted to document all issues that I encounter when trying to develop with DirectX12. Q: What do I need to try out DirectX 12? A: Windows 10, Windows 10 SDK (DirectX 12 is part of SDK), Graphics Driver that supports WDDM 2.0. Q: Where do I download DirectX 12 SDK? A: DirectX 12 SDK is part of Windows 10 SDK, so you should download that instead ( Link ). Q: I installed Windows 10, however DirectX Diagnostic Tool doesn't show I have DirectX version 12? A: DxDiag shows the feature level supported instead of the DirectX version. You can still develop with DirectX 12 API, however, your feature level is limited to that. Q: I installed Windows 10, DirectX 12 and latest graphics driver, however, when running the graphics samples, it crashed in D3D12CreateDevice A: Note that DirectX 12 requires graphics driver that support WDDM 2.0. At this time of writing (Aug 9, 2015), not all graphics drivers support all graphics cards with WDDM 2.0. For example, Ra...

Welcome to the first Development INF (stands for information)! Basically for each Development INF article, I will be listing the road blocks, gotchas, tips and tricks that I found during development; in this case DirectX11. 1. DirectX11 is part of WindowsSDK For old time DirectX developers, we usually had to install DirectX SDK. However, starting Windows 8, Microsoft has included the SDK to Windows 8 SDK. Consequently, this creates compile issues as some projects are still referencing the old DirectX path. In Visual Studio, we usually use $(DXSDK_DIR)\Include and $(DXSDK_DIR)\Lib to locate the headers and lib, however, this will be no longer the case. The headers should be in $(WindowsSDK_IncludePath) and lib in $(WindowsSdkDir)\lib\x64. 2. D3DX11 library is deprecated D3DX11 Library is Deprecated, we should no longer include d3dx11.h header and no longer use D3DX11* functions. We need to find the replacement for each function. 3. DirectXMath replaces XNAMath //#in...