Windows 10: Check Windows Display Driver Model Version for WDDM Support in Windows

How to: Check Windows Display Driver Model Version for WDDM Support in Windows

How to Check Windows Display Driver Model Version for WDDM Support in Windows


Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) is the graphic driver architecture for video card drivers running Microsoft Windows versions beginning with Windows Vista.

It is a replacement for the previous Windows 2000 and Windows XP display driver model XDDM/XPDM and is aimed at enabling better performance graphics and new graphics functionality and stability. Display drivers in Windows Vista and Windows 7 can choose to either adhere to WDDM or to XDDM. With the removal of XDDM from Windows 8, however, WDDM became the only option.

WDDM provides the functionality required to render the desktop and applications using Desktop Window Manager, a compositing window manager running on top of Direct3D. It also supports new DXGI interfaces required for basic device management and creation. The WDDM specification requires at least Direct3D 9-capable video card and the display driver must implement the device driver interfaces for the Direct3D 9Ex runtime in order to run legacy Direct3D applications; it may optionally implement runtime interfaces for Direct3D 10 and higher.

WDDM versions for quick reference.

[table][tr]Operating System Supported WDDM Version [/tr] [tr][td]Windows Vista[/td] [td]WDDM 1.0[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Windows 7[/td] [td]WDDM 1.1[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Windows 8[/td] [td]WDDM 1.2[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Windows 8.1[/td] [td]WDDM 1.3[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Windows 10 build 10240[/td] [td]WDDM 2.0[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Windows 10 version 1607[/td] [td]WDDM 2.2[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Windows 10 version 1709[/td] [td]WDDM 2.3[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Windows 10 version 1803[/td] [td]WDDM 2.4[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Windows 10 version 1809[/td] [td]WDDM 2.5[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Windows 10 version 1903[/td] [td]WDDM 2.6[/td] [/tr] [/table]

For more details about WDDM, see also:

• Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) Design Guide | Microsoft
• Windows Display Driver Model | Wikipedia

This tutorial will show you how to check what Windows Display Driver Model version you have for WDDM support in Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.



Here's How:

1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type dxdiag into Run, and click/tap on OK to open the DirectX Diagnostic Tool.

2. In the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, click/tap on a Display tab you want to check. (see screenshots below)

3. In the Drivers section, the WDDM version (ex: "WDDM 2.6") will be to the right of Driver Model.












That's it,
Shawn


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Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 2.2

Hi Robert

WDDM 2.2 is not downloadable, if you are getting an error it means your video card driver needs to be updated to WDDM 22 or does not support WDDM 2.2

Open Device Manager (accessible by right clicking your Start Button)

Expand the Display adapters sectiob

What video device(s) are listed there?

 

WDDM Driver Modules

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) version depends on the architecture of the display card that is designed by the hardware manufacturer, to update the WDDM version you will have to update the display driver from your display driver
manufacturer, if you don’t use a graphics card, installing a new graphics card that supports latest version of WDDM will work.



Additional information: Introduction
to the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) and also check the
WDDM 2.1 Features.



Regards,

Amit Sunar

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

WDDM driver? Windows 8.1

Yes nvidia driver packs usually have drivers for 7/8.1/10 (WDDM 1.2/1.3/2) all in one. Just download and install latest nvidia drivers (in this case version 10.18.13.6182). And Windows Update won't offer that optional update anymore.

 

WDDM driver? Windows 8.1

Ok thanks! So the WDDM 2.0 is just for windows 10 which I don't have, nor want now.

 

WDDM driver? Windows 8.1

WDDM 2 is for Windows 10 /DX 12. It reduces workload on GPU virtual memory.

Windows 8.1 has WDDM 1.3.

Simply ignore that optional update. When needed install nvidia drivers from nvidia site not from Microsoft Update.