When will DirectX 11 be supported?

[MetaVRKM]

I have an application that only runs DX 11. The customer wants to run it on VMWare.

  It appears that VMWare Workstation 9 only supports up to DirectX 9C.

When does VMWare expect to support DX 11?

Is there a product roadmap? Sometime in 2013?

[mfthompson]

I have directx11 on Windows 7 and that works with fusion 7.

It also worked with Workstation 8.  Then I had to upgrade to Workstation 12 and directx11 started reporting no support for 3d.

[Neverlyn]

Come on VMware, we want DirectX 12 in VMware Workstation 13!

[quadrotony]

please add DX11 support! i cant play in new games at VMWare....

how long we need to wait?

[Neverlyn]

So far, VMware has been running about 10 years behind the release of the technology. If they continue this trend then 2019.

[StukaRT]

Well it is 2020 now :smileysilly:

[Krytus]

If they really are going for 10 whole years since DX11 release, then we have a MAJOR problem.

The DX11 everyone here is thinking of was on the RTM version of Windows 7, 2009.  The DX11 that we know and use is on Windows 7, SP1. Revised in 2011.

Scroll down about 2/3 the way on this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX

If this is what I think it is, we could still be waiting until 2021 before DX11 is made possible-- especially in the wake of the new ESU updates.

[scott28tt]

Coming soon: Workstation Tech Preview

[Krytus]

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"3.2 Software Requirements

Host Operating System (64-bit)

• Windows 8 or higher"

That's it, VMware is OFFICIALLY DEAD TO ME!

If we can't run DX11 FOR Windows 7, and ON Windows 7, what's even the point?

All these years of waiting FOR NOTHING.  Dropping support of XP and Vista is one thing, but restricting Windows 7... that doesn't just cross a line, it's a mistake, if not a violation, and will never be forgiven.

If DX11 support doesn't get included in the next WS v15 update, and W7 remains in the dark because of this "requirement," I swear I'm moving to Oracle. I've had enough. VMware needs to either get fixed, or get gone.

[scott28tt]

That is the host OS minimum, you can still run older Windows versions as a guest in a VM.

Microsoft don’t support Windows 7 now, so it is reasonable that software vendors won’t support it to run their software either.

Oh, and as a moderator may I remind you of the VMTN Code of Conduct - please keep your content here professional.

[Krytus]

NO, it's NOT reasonable. Don't you know anything about the current Windows? Windows 8 and 10 are TRASH!!!

Everything on the "new" systems is heavily bloated with a repugnant fisher-price UI that makes everything impossible to find and manage!

And don't even get me started on the massive security flaws and backdoors, let alone how invasive M$ has become...

By the way MS still DOES support W7, just not publicly. Again, have you HEARD of ESU?

All the people who matter will always use Windows 7, and they know that anything "newer" is WRONG, and for good reason, too.

This has become Windows XP all over again. it's not just passionate individuals keeping up maintenance, it's every intelligent person that knows the advantages of keeping the system they've used for years! And because so many of the original problems have finally been fixed, there's no reason to move to a different platform whose issues will only get WORSE.

Windows 8 is a floating joke meant to fall off the edge of a fiscal cliff, 'cause it was so cheaply made it almost broke a few developers along the way.

Windows 10  on the other hand... it needs to burn... just burn it all.  I've had the misfortune of using Windows 8 and 10 personally, and I've never seen such disgusting developments in my entire life.

Windows 7 is the last OS made for the technicians. Modifications are difficult, but still very possible. And with all the available patches and updates, it really is a modern variation of Windows XP; same system, just better hardware support.

Windows 8 and 10 aren't so lucky. They ruin everything with no hope for recovery of what used to be a familiar, stable environment.

Come on, let's have one more version of WS for Win-7. One last time. Give us the feature we've all been waiting for. One final breath for a dying decade.

[scott28tt]

I will go with this: Microsoft Corporation

And based on the tone and nature of your reply, I shall leave you to it.

[Krytus]

Everyone is familiar with their EoS. But they didn't stop maintaining it. Windows 7 still holds a significant user base, and patches are still being made.

You can't base your entire production roadmap on just one EoS. A public announcement is not a guarantee of anything exact.

Consider this; Windows XP was still supported in unofficial ways, even by M$. Especially embedded systems, whose updates could be sideported into the main OS.

But now, MS is still MAKING updates for Windows 7, and after the EoS bulletin. So I'm not the one who should be left to think about this, but rather the workers at VMware.

Dropping support for W7 at such a crucial time as the long-awaited inclusion of DX11 support is a MASSIVE disappointment to a large portion of your user base.

Moreover, it seems only the installer is locked. So If VMware refuses to maintain current support, people will find a way to patch the software and use the new version on Windows 7. I've already tried it with the beta program, and it almost works. (just having a slight problem with the EVAL/activation lock)

When the new version does come out, if W7 support really is gone, it will be a matter of time before others catch on and start to backport the program to W7, ready to go.

But then again... if I'm reading the specs right, it says that support for sharing and restricting VMs is gone, all the while DX11 has been added... talk about a bittersweet relationship.

You could have just saved people the years of heartache and told them to buy a second W7 PC for all that. It's bad enough that support changed, but removing features... I'm never upgrading again.

[Neverlyn]

I was so close... maybe I didn't polish my crystal ball enough? 11 years! (WS16: 2020-11-19)