Laptops that support DirectX 11 were first sold

Mesh Computers has just released the product, which it claims is the first commercially available Mesh Edge DX laptop to support DirectX 11 (DX11) processing.

This is the latest technology that Microsoft devotes to handling multimedia entertainment (multimedia) tasks, especially games and videos. According to Mesh, to be able to support efficient processing of DirectX 11 technology, the laptop has been equipped with a powerful push processor - Core i7 720QM from Intel and works on Microsoft's latest operating system - Windows 7. More In addition, they are equipped with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 graphics card and up to 1GB of graphics memory. The product is equipped with 4GB of DDR3 memory and is capable of high definition display (1080p) on a 15.6-inch screen.

Currently, Mesh offers a selling price for orders for this device of 1420USD.

The first launch of DX11 support was on Windows 7 desktop computers by the end of 2009. DX11 will be more likely to improve than previous versions of the programming technology. painting. For example, the functionality to display smooth surfaces, support for multi-core processors and DirectCompute allows developers to harness the parallel processing power of graphics chips to Other tasks, like video editing.

However, Mesh is not the first to offer hardware products that support DX11 capabilities. Previously, AMD / ATI was the first to ship hardware capable of handling DirectX technology 11. Nvidia said it will support DirectX 11 and plans to release hardware that supports this capability in the quarter. I / 2010.