After the official announcement of the new operating system Windows 7, Microsoft has released an update to Windows Vista. Most notable in this update is the appearance of support for DirectX 11. On assurances of the manufacturer, Windows 7 has been designed from scratch; however, Windows Vista has full support for DirectX 11. Microsoft claims that Windows 7 would be some advantages in the use DX11, but most likely it will be difficult to notice in most games and applications.

Windows Server 2008 has also been updated. From the users first need to install Service Pack 2. In addition to supporting DirectX 11, there were also other, less important functions, the full list can be found on the Microsoft site. Now, users who do not want to part with Windows Vista can not migrate to Windows 7, to enjoy the DirectX 11 effects such as tessellation and DirectCompute for non-graphics applications. Of course, if it is capable of other components of the computer.