

Richard has no special insight into Microsoft’s Windows or DirectX roadmaps. "Richard Huddy does not speak for Microsoft, and he was unfortunately speculating from Microsoft’s publication of key dates and milestones for Windows 7 lifecycle and mainstream support policy. "There have been reports based on a video of Richard Huddy of AMD making speculative comments around DirectX 12 support on versions of Windows," AMD said in a statement. However, AMD has told GameSpot that Huddy simply "misspoke." During the video of his presentation (which has since been removed from YouTube) Huddy plainly says that Windows 7 will not support DirectX 12. The news is based on a video of AMD Chief Gaming Scientist Richard Huddy speaking at the PDXLAN event. You might have seen reports circulating that Windows 7 won't support DirectX 12, Microsoft's next, "low level" graphics API that will introduce several improvements to existing graphics cards and the Xbox One.
