NVD wrote:http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chuckw/archive/2012/11/14/directx-11-1-and-windows-7.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2670838 A platform update is available for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1This article describes a platform update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. This update improves the features and performance of the following components:
Direct2D
DirectWrite
Direct3D
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... x?id=35661 says Pre-Release, so it's not the final release, might not want to install this until the final release is out.
Already installed it with Patch Tuesday, no issue on my Windows, so I suggest you can go ahead and try it.