Hardware support for Direct3D feature levels

Display device hardware must support Microsoft Direct3D feature levels as described in the following Direct3D topics:

• Direct3D feature levels

• 10Level9 ID3D11Device Methods

• 10Level9 ID3D11DeviceContext Methods

• Hardware Support for Direct3D 10Level9 Formats

In addition, the user-mode driver must expose certain capabilities in Direct3D feature levels 9_1, 9_2, and 9_3 in order for Direct3D features to be properly exposed to applications. These driver topics list the specific capabilities and display formats that the driver must expose:

• Required Direct3D 9 capabilities

• Required DXGI formats