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hey i just read about this and havn't seen it posted on here so here it is

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2 ... 154,00.asp

it explains how windows 7 will bring in wddm 1.1 which is used to render aero using dx10 instead of dx9 like it is on vista, this brings with it a bunch of gpu memory optimisations.

Most importantly for gamers dx11 will be included with windows 7 (and will also be available for vista), and suprisingly some of the new features coming in direct x 11 like better multithreaded support will be available to current dx10 hardware through updated drivers. Also with dx11 things like native gpgpu support and Heterogeneous grpahics card support.

thers tones more technical stuff in the article but its worth the read