DirectX 11 Technology Update

Chuck Walbourn Senior Software Design Engineer Microsoft

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%ntroduction to the Direct&D 11 raphics 'ipeline Direct&D 11 Tessellation (igh )e*el Shader )anguage +()S), Update-%ntroducing .ersion /0# Multithreaded 1endering for a!es Direct&D 11 Co!pute Shader-More enerality for 2d*anced Techni3ues

'artners Track

2d*anced Topics in 'U Tessellation +2MD, Water4Tight5 Te6tured5 Displaced Subdi*ision Surface Tessellation Using Direct&D 11 +7.%D%2,

DirectX 11 8*er*iew
Direct&D 11 is based on Direct&D 1#01
Si!ilar 2'% design 9 rendering pipeline

Enables new DirectX 11 hardware features Supports e6isting DirectX 1# and 1#01 hardware
Enables so!e new features as well

Hull Shader Tessellator Input Assembler Domain Shader Vertex Shader

Geometry Shader Stream Output

Supports a subset of DirectX : SM "0#; hardware Supported on Windows <5 Windows .ista5 Windows Ser*er "##$5 and Windows Ser*er "##$ 1"

Rasterizer Pixel Shader Output Merger

Multithreaded 1endering 9 1esource Creation

1unti!e e!ulation or Dri*er opti!i=ed

DirectCo!pute
CS /0# on DirectX 11 (W CS >06 on so!e DX1#06 h?w

()S) Shader Model /

/0# on DirectX 11 (W So!e new constructs e!ulated on older profiles

Dyna!ic Shader )inkage

Class )inkage on DirectX 11 (W interface construct works on older profiles

(ardware Tessellation
DirectX 11 (W only

@CA(?@C< Te6ture Bor!ats

DirectX 11 (W only

Beatures 9 Beature )e*els

Beature le*els are well4defined sets of functionality
7ot a sea of Copt4inD caps bits

Each feature le*el is a superset of the pre*ious one Concept was introduced with Direct&D 1#01
ID3D10Device1::GetFeatureLevel() D3D10_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1 D3D10_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0

DirectX 11 Beature )e*els

Feature Level D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0 +e0g0 7.%D%2 eBorce $###?:### SeriesE TX "A#?"$#, Capabilities Direct&D 1# hardwareF Shader Model >0#5 geo!etry shader5 strea! out5 alpha4to4co*erage5 MS22 te6tures5 "4sided stencil5 general render target *iews5 te6ture arrays5 @C>?@C/5 optional DirectCo!pute +CS >0#,5 all :G& features0

D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1 +e0g0 2T% 1adeon (D "###?&###?>### SeriesE 7.%D%2 eBorce "1#? T""#, D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 +e0g0 2T% 1adeon (D /### Series,

Direct&D 1#01 hardwareF Shader Model >015 cube!ap arrays5 e6tended MS225 optional DirectCo!pute +CS >01,5 all 1#G# features0

Direct&D 11 hardwareF Shader Model /0#5 hull 9 do!ain shaders5 !andatory DirectCo!pute +CS /0#,5 @CA(?@C<5 all 1#G1 features0

1#le*el: Beature )e*els

Feature Level Capabilities D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1 Direct&D : hardwareF !ust support Shader Model "0# +*sG"G#?psG"G#,5 +e0g0 %ntel :A/ E6press Chipset5 "H te6tures5 *olu!e te6tures5 e*ent 3ueries5 @C14& +aka DXTn,5 and a 7.idia eBorce BX /"##, few other specific capabilities0

D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2 +e0g0 2T% 1adeon :/##,

Direct&D : hardwareF !ust support Shader Model "0# +*sG"G#?psG"G#,5 occlusion 3ueries5 float for!ats +no blending,5 e6tended caps5 all :G1 features0 Direct&D : hardwareF !ust support Shader Model "0# +*sG"G#?psG"Gb, with instancing5 >H te6tures5 !ultiple render targets +> M1Ts,5 floating4 point blending5 all :G" features0

D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3 +e0g0 7.idia eBorce AA##5 2T% 1adeon X1&##,

Dri*er 8ptional Beatures

De*ices can e6pose so!e new DXGI_FORMATs
ID3D11Device::C ec!F"r#at$u%%"rt

@ 12 +&'G'R'(', for!ats
optional for 1#G# ? 1#G1

re3uired for :G15 :G"5 :G& and 11G#

1#F1#F1#F" X" biased (igh Color !ode +R10G10&10_XR_&IA$_X)_A)_U*ORM)

re3uired for 11G# optional for 1#G# ? 1#G1 not a*ailable for :G15 :G"5 or :G& Detailed in the DX % 'rogra!!erJs uide in the Windows raphics docu!entation

MaIority of for!at support is defined by feature le*el

Dri*er 8ptional Beatures

DirectX 11 dri*ers can support four optional features
ID3D11Device::C ec!Feature$u%%"rt

DirectCo!pute
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0+? 10_1+support for CS >06 is optional CS /0# is re3uired for D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0

Double4precision shader support is optional Multithreading Dri*er support is optional

Concurrent obIect creation Co!!and lists

1elated Technologies
DirectX raphics %nfrastructure +DX %, 101
.ersion 10# introduced in Windows .ista Enu!erates adapters5 display !odes5 and outputs +e0g0 !onitors, 7ew DXGI_FORMATs and i!pro*ed support for re!ote desktops

Windows Display Dri*er Model +WDDM, 101

WDDM 10# introduced in Windows .ista Unified dri*er !odel for all Direct&D 2'%s

Windows 2d*anced 1asteri=ation 'latfor! +W21', 1#

Software rasteri=ation de*ice supporting 1#01 de*ice functionality 7o Kdri*er optional featureJ support Much faster than the DirectX SDHJs 1eference de*ice

Demo
Updated D6Caps.iewer Utility

Direct&D 1#0# 2'%

%D&D1#De*ice %D&D1#De*iceChild %D&D1#2synchronous %D&D1#1esource %D&D1#.iew

%D&D1#.erte6Shader %D&D1#Luery %D&D1#@uffer %D&D1#Shader1esource.iew

%D&D1# eo!etryShader

%D&D1#'i6elShader %D&D1#Te6ture1D %D&D1#%nput)ayout %D&D1#'redicate %D&D1#DepthStencilState %D&D1#Te6ture"D %D&D1#@lendState %D&D1#1enderTarget.iew

%D&D1#1asteri=erState

%D&D1#Counter

%D&D1#Te6ture&D

%D&D1#DepthStencil.iew

%D&D1#Sa!plerState

Direct&D 1#01 2'%

%D&D1#De*ice1 %D&D1#De*iceChild %D&D1#2synchronous %D&D1#1esource %D&D1#.iew

%D&D1#.erte6Shader %D&D1#Luery %D&D1#@uffer %D&D1#Shader1esource.iew1

%D&D1# eo!etryShader

%D&D1#'i6elShader %D&D1#Te6ture1D %D&D1#%nput)ayout %D&D1#'redicate %D&D1#DepthStencilState %D&D1#Te6ture"D %D&D1#@lendState1 %D&D1#1enderTarget.iew

%D&D1#1asteri=erState

%D&D1#Counter

%D&D1#Te6ture&D

%D&D1#DepthStencil.iew

%D&D1#Sa!plerState

Direct&D 11 2'% +partial,

%D&D11De*ice %D&D11De*iceChild %D&D112synchronous %D&D111esource %D&D11.iew

%D&D11.erte6Shader %D&D11Luery %D&D11@uffer %D&D11Shader1esource.iew

%D&D11 eo!etryShader

%D&D11'i6elShader %D&D11Te6ture1D %D&D11%nput)ayout %D&D11'redicate %D&D11DepthStencilState %D&D11Te6ture"D %D&D11@lendState %D&D111enderTarget.iew

%D&D111asteri=erState

%D&D11Counter

%D&D11Te6ture&D

%D&D11DepthStencil.iew

%D&D11Sa!plerState

%D&D11De*iceChild %D&D11De*ice

%D&D112synchronous

%D&D111esource

%D&D11.iew

%D&D11.erte6Shader %D&D11 eo!etryShader %D&D11'i6elShader %D&D11Co!puteShader %D&D11Do!ainShader %D&D11(ullShader %D&D11%nput)ayout %D&D11'redicate %D&D11DepthStencilState %D&D11@lendState %D&D11Te6ture"D %D&D11DepthStencil.iew %D&D11Te6ture1D %D&D111enderTarget.iew %D&D11Luery %D&D11@uffer %D&D11Shader1esource.iew

%D&D11De*iceConte6t

%D&D111asteri=erState %D&D11Sa!plerState %D&D11Class%nstance %D&D11Class)inkage %D&D11Co!!and)ist %D&D11Counter %D&D11Te6ture&D %D&D11Unordered2ccess.iew

Direct&D 11 2'% Change

Main difference is ID3D10Device was split in two
8bIect creation in ID3D11Device interface 8ther !ethods split off into ID3D11DeviceC",te-t+ interface
1endering and state configuration Ma%()/U,#a%()+fro! resource obIects &e.i,()/+E,0()/+and GetData()+fro! 3uery obIects 8ne i!!ediate conte6t for rendering directly to the de*ice Mero or !ore deferred conte6ts for creating co!!and lists

'ro*ides basis of !ultithreading i!pro*e!ents

Multi4threading 1ules
ID3D11Device is thread4safe
Without dri*er support for Concurrent Creates5 runti!e will enforce thread4safety with a coarse lock Without dri*er support for Concurrent Creates5 creating obIects and rendering with the i!!ediate conte6t will not be concurrent +using the sa!e coarse lock, Methods on !ost other obIects +ID3D11DeviceC il04 deri*ed, are also thread4safe Can opt4out by using D3D11_CREATE_DEVICE_$I*GLET1READED

Multi4threading 1ules
ID3D11DeviceC",te-t+is not thread4safe
Typical usage is one de*ice conte6t per thread5 one of the! using i!!ediate and the rest using deferred conte6ts 7ote that DX % !ethods should not be used concurrently while rendering with the i!!ediate de*ice conte6t
Bor e6a!ple5 2re3e,t()+uses the i!!ediate de*ice conte6t

%t is thread4safe to use the !ethods inherited fro! ID3D11DeviceC il0

A00Re4()/+Relea3e()/+5uer6I,ter4ace() GetDevice()/+Get2rivateData()/+$et2rivateData()/+ $et2rivateDataI,ter4ace()

Multi4threading 1ules
ID3D11DeviceC",te-t+deferred !ode li!itations
Ma%() !ust be used with D3D11_MA2_7RITE_DI$CARD and?or D3D11_MA2_7RITE_*O_OVER7RITE GetData()+for 3ueries is not allowed Lueries can be used in conIunction with predication %f e6ecuting a deferred co!!and list with a 3uery acti*e and the co!!and list itself uses the sa!e 3uery5 then the co!!and list sub!ission is ignored as in*alid

Multi4threading 1eco!!endations
Concurrent creation is a no brainer
Many engines already ha*e resource loading threads 1unti!e e!ulation is Cgood enoughD for a win
)ess o*erhead than the default Direct&D 1# M?T beha*ior

ConcurrentCreates dri*er support !akes it better When creating obIects with M?T dri*er support5 pro*iding initial data for static obIects should be !ore efficient

i0e Use the %I,itialData para!eter on the Create rather than staging resources5 U%0ate$u8Re3"urce()5 or Ma%()+when possible

Multi4threading 1eco!!endations
Concurrent sub!ission depends on the scenario
Useful for Triple4core5 Luad4core5 or !ore
Bor Dual4core5 it is less likely to be worthwhile

@est use scenario is one rendering thread per core

%deally use the Windows .ista?Windows < thread pool 2'% %f you roll your own solution5 see the DirectX SDH CoreDetection sa!ple for the robust way to deter!ine nu!ber of cores

Si!ilar but not identical to Xbo6 &A# Co!!and @uffers Dri*er Co!!and)ists support is currently rare

'orting to Direct&D 11 fro! 1#06

Start with a si!ple te6t translation
ID3D10(+4N ID3D11( D3D10_( 4N D3D11_(

%f starting with Direct&D 1#0#5 will need to fi6 up a few !inor structure differences
+11 !atches the 1#01 *ersion,

D3D10_&LE*D_DE$C1 D3D10_$1ADER_RE$OURCE_VIE7_DE$C1

'orting to Direct&D 11 fro! 1#06

Change rendering 9 state calls fro! de*ice to i!!ediate conte6t

2fter getting port done5 will want to re*isit this

Change resource Ma%() and 3uery &e.i,()5 E,0()5 9 GetData()+to use i!!ediate conte6t Create($ a0er takes an additional class linkage para!eter +can use *ULL, ($et$ a0er+and (Get$ a0er+take an additional class instance para!eter +can use *ULL,

'orting to Direct&D 11 fro! 1#06

So!e defines changed5 so be sure you arenJt using !agic nu!bers +D3D10_RE$OURCE_MI$C_FLAG, 2 !inor feature was co!pletely dropped
ID3D10Device::GetTe-tFilter$i9e ID3D10Device::$etTe-tFilter$i9e D3D10_FILTER_TEXT_1&IT

.endor4neutral perfor!ance counters re!o*ed

Were rarely i!ple!ented or consistent i0e0 D3D11_COU*TER_DEVICE_DE2E*DE*T_0 is the only counter enu!eration

'orting to Direct&D 11 fro! :

Essentially the sa!e as porting fro! Direct&D : to Direct&D 1#06
1e!o*e all fi6ed4function pipeline usage Use state !anage!ent based on i!!utable state obIects 8bey strict shader linkage and input layout rules Use shader resource *iews associated with te6ture resources Map data to DXGI_FORMATs +no 1A4bit for!ats5 no ">4bit color for!at5 strict 1 @ color order, 1ework global constant data into se*eral constant buffers for efficient update

'orting to Direct&D 11 fro! :

S%

Start with the e6isting guidance for !o*ing fro! Direct&D : to Direct&D 1#
12'( "##< Course O/
Introduction to Direct3D 10
httpF??!sdn0!icrosoft0co!?direct6?presentations

Gamefest 2007 talk

Windows to Reality: Getting the "our Games# ost out of Direct3D 10 Gra!hics in

httpF??www0!icrosoftga!efest0co!?presentations?"##<0ht!

()S) Co!piler
DirectX 11 re3uires >0# or later profile shaders D&DCo!pile D)) contains latest ()S) co!piler
Used by D&DX:5 D&DX1#5 D&DX115 and FXC:EXE Can use directly +i0e0 without using D&DX,
7ote it is in its own DirectSetup C2@ file in the 1ED%ST folder

Supports all shader !odels e6cept 'i6el Shader 106 profiles

Vertex *sG>G# *sG>G1 *sG/G# *sG>G#Gle*elG:G1 *sG>G#Gle*elG:G& Pixel psG>G# psG>G1 psG/G# psG>G#Gle*elG:G1 psG>G#Gle*elG:G& Geometry gsG>G# gsG>G1 gsG/G# Compute csG>G# csG>G1 csG/G# hsG/G# dsG/G# Hull Domain

Shader 'rofiles and Beature )e*els

Shader profiles in DirectX 11 can be applied to higher feature le*els5 but not lower 1#le*el: shader profiles are co!piled twice internally
v3_;_0_level_<_( PN v3_)_0 ; v3_;_0 %3_;_0_level_<_1 PN %3_)_0 ; %3_;_0 %3_;_0_level_<_3 PN %3_)_8 ; %3_;_0
Shader Profile vs. Device Feature Level /G# >G1 >G# >G#Gle*elG:G& >G#Gle*elG:G1 !" Qes Qes Qes Qes Qes "! 4 Qes Qes Qes Qes "!" 4 4 Qes Qes Qes #!$ 4 4 4 Qes Qes #!% 4 4 4 4 Qes #! 4 4 4 4 Qes

()S) 1eco!!endations
Use the latest co!piler
Esp0 a*oid the Kin bo6J D&D1#Co!pile 2'%s

enerally use the lowest profile possible for .S?'S when supporting 1#le*el: Bor DirectCo!pute
prefer CS /0# o*er CS >06 'refer CS >01 o*er CS >0#

$om!ile your shaders offline for your retail game

Effects +BX, )ibrary

Effects for Direct&D 11 +BX11, is shared source in DX SDH
BX: was in D&DX: BX1# was in bo6 with the 8S

'orting fro! BX1# 4N BX11 is fairly tri*ial

Essentially the sa!e 2'% without effects pools

'orting fro! BX: 4N BX11 re3uires significant code change

HLSL Profile Effects : Effects 1# Effects 11 f6G"G# f6G>G# and f6G>G1 f6G/G#

D&DX11
%ncludes te6ture loaders +@M'5 R' 5 '7 5 DDS5 T%BB5 %B,
and asynchronous loaders introduced with D&DX1#

Does not include D&DX Math5 Mesh5 Sprite5 or Bont

See X72Math as alternati*e for D&DX Math and DXUT11 for alternati*e to font5 etc0
D&DX11 uses a C'U codec for @CA(?@C< te6ture co!pression5 which can be ti!e4consu!ing0 Bor a fast DirectCo!pute >06 solution5 see the &C=1&C>E,c"0erDec"0er11 sa!ple0

D&DCSX
8ptional e6tended D&DX D)) for Co!pute Shader
1esides in its own DirectSetup ? 1ED%ST C2@

DirectCo!pute +CS /0#, utility functions

ID3DX11$ca,
Seg!ented Scan Unseg!ented Scan or Multiscan

ID3DX11FFT

1D5 "D5 &D support 1eal or Co!ple6 Borward or %n*erse Transfor! with optional scale

X72Math
aka 6bo6!ath "0# %nline C;; SSE?SSE" opti!i=ed !ath library
.MX1"$ opti!i=ed on Xbo6

S&/# functions
Bocused on single4precision floating4point operations )i!ited integer operations Con*ersion to?fro! packed graphics for!ats %!ple!ented using .isual Studio intrinsics Supports 6$A and 6A> nati*e

Co!!on &D pri!iti*es

.ectors5 !atrices5 planes5 3uaternions5 etc0

DirectX 11 Deploy!ent
DirectX 11 1unti!e is included with Windows < and Windows Ser*er "##$ 1" DirectX 11 1unti!e can be deployed down4le*el to Windows .ista ? Ser*er "##$ D&DX115 D&DCSX5 D&DCo!pile5 etc0 installed by DirectSetup ? DX SDH 1ED%ST
Rust like D&DX:5 D&DX1#5 X2UD%8"5 etc0

The DirectX SDH does not install the DirectX 11 1unti!e

The DX SDH does install the debug layers and reference de*ice

DirectX 11 1unti!e
Direct&D 11 DX % 101 W21'1# 1#le*el: Direct&D 1#01 Direct"D DirectWrite
7ew 2'% supporting 1#5 1#015 115 1#le*el:5 and W21'1# D&D glue library updated for new for!ats and WDDM 101 dri*er features 1#01 le*el software renderer Direct&D : Shader Model "0# h?w support +:G15 :G"5 :G& feature le*els, Updated e6isting 2'% to support W21'1#5 1#le*el: D%4like "D drawing 2'% for working on Direct&D surfaces

(igh43uality5 feature4rich font rendering 2'% +works with Direct"D,

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%latform &!date for Windows 'ista

Deployed through Windows Update 1e3uires Windows .ista ? Ser*er "##$ S'" to be installed See the D3D11I,3tall1el%er sa!ple in the DirectX SDH for detection5 applying the H@5 and !essaging for 1TM ? S'1 Detailed in Direct3D 11 De!loyment for Game De(elo!ers technical article

H@ :<1/1"
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Windows Gra!hics) Imaging) and *%+ ,i-rary

)ocal %T ad!in will need to appro*e the update through the !anaged WSUS ser*ers 1e3uires Windows .ista ? Ser*er "##$ S'" to be installed

1eco!!endations
Update your e6isting Direct&D 1#06 code path to use Direct&D 11
This re3uires so!e installer?deploy!ent work Qour DX11 code path will re3uire Windows .ista S'"; or Windows <

Bor Windows .ista ? Windows < titles 1#le*el: feature le*els can pro*ide !ore hardware support5 so you donJt need a Direct&D: code path Bor titles that need Windows X' support5 you will need a legacy Direct&D: code path

1eco!!endations
%f you still only ha*e a legacy Direct&D : code path
7owJs the ti!e to in*est in DirectX 11 Take ad*antage of the e6isting resources )essons learned !o*ing fro! D&D: 4N D&D1# all apply to !o*ing fro! D&D: 4N D&D11

Direct&D 11 pro*ides
the latest hardware features new features for e6isting 1#06 hardware and supports the !aIority of *ideo cards with WDDM dri*ers

1esources
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)atest DirectX SDH

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