AMD amazed everybody by saying there will be no DirectX 12, and now Microsoft has disappointed users on older Windows version by making DirectX 11.2 EXCLUSIVE to Windows 8.1 and next-generation consoles. Making users on older Windows version feel more miserable, the new update features the ability to allow a game use both system RAM and graphics RAM to store textures, which will enable DirectX 11.2 games to vastly improve the resolution of textures displayed in-game.

We have written about unofficial Alky's DirectX 10 For XP, with no further development Alky's project is almost dead, but a new project for porting DirectX 10 on Windows XP seems to be getting momentum with frequent updates and good user-base support, developed by Russian software developer KM-Software the group is providing constant updates to the DirectX port for Windows XP ironing out bugs and glitches with every release, the port lets users play DirectX 10 only games and take advantage of latest improvements in DirectX 10 increasing the speed and quality of games and graphic applications on their Windows XP computer.

The developer also provides another handy utility named "KM-Software DirectX Changer" allowing users to switch between DirectX 10 and DirectX 9 without restarting the computer, the option to change DirectX version makes it possible to use DirectX 9 with older games and DirectX10 for newer games on Windows XP providing greater compatibility as required, the utility can also be used on Windows Vista and Windows 7 to switch off DirectX 10 and use older games on these new operating systems.