
If you don't have at least the famous version 2.0, you may simply need to check that your graphics driver is up to date.īasically, Microsoft's main graphics recommendation for Windows 11 is that the graphics card should be DirectX 12 compatible, and you may be surprised to learn that many cards that have been sold for a while are. On the window, we take the tab "display" to discover the mention WDDM and the version put in parallel.


There, you type "dxdiag" to launch the DirectX diagnostic tool. To be sure, the easiest way is to use the "run" function of Windows via the shortcut Windows + R. In fact, most current graphics cards have such drivers and even the graphics solutions integrated into Intel CPUs - the famous iGPUs - are often covered. The WDDM - for Windows Display Driver Model - is a new graphics driver model: it appeared with Windows Vista and then evolved to reach, in 2014, this version 2.0 that Microsoft is talking about. let's hope it will be more so by the time Windows 11 is actually released. The first problem for many users is what this WDDM 2.0 driver is In reality, it's not very complex, but Microsoft could have been more educational. In its hardware recommendations, Microsoft has specified that it is necessary to have a graphics card " Compatible with DirectX 12 or later with WDDM 2.0 driver ".

for a mere 4,149 euros!īeyond the controversy related to the embedded processor on your PC and the activation - or not - of the TPM 2.0, there is another concern for many users, the issue of the graphics card. However, this time, we can consider that it lacked finesse in its communication with hardware recommendations that sometimes exclude even very expensive machines still on sale on the Microsoft online store, such as the Surface Studio 2 still sold. Given the popularity of its flagship operating system, the American publisher is used to this kind of uproar, which obviously doesn't scare it. Since June 24th and the official release of Windows 11 by Microsoft, the controversies are going on. Things seem to be very complicated for Microsoft and Windows 11 as there are many controversies about the hardware requirements of the future operating system.
