Windows 10: dx11 needed 10.0

I have a Microsoft basic display adapter on my new gaming pc and i want to play fortnite but when i try to launch the game, i get an error message that i need DX11 feature 10.0. this is very frustrating as i spent alot of money. please help me fix this

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F1 2017 dx11 vs dx12


Yes, I know that if a game is listed as DX11, then it will stay at DX11, but as I wrote in #0, there are these 4 files in the gamedir after installing the game:
GFSDK_SSAO_D3D11.win64.dll
GFSDK_SSAO_D3D11_UWP.win64.dll
GFSDK_SSAO_D3D12.win64.dll
GFSDK_SSAO_D3D12_UWP.win64.dll

And it looks to me, as if the last file is in fact DX12 in a 64bit windows, but how to activate it?

The game is this:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/515220/F1_2017/
and it is a DX11 game, but with some dx12 files in gamedir after an update.

 

Windows 7: DX10 v DX11

Well, I am not sure, but I think DX11 just added some new features and rendering options that make certain rendering processes faster. It is like DX10 takes say 10 steps to texture an object and 12 to shade it. DX11 will take 6 steps to texture and 10 to shade. DX10.1 should be exactly the same minus these features, hence the extra FPS.

 

F1 2017 dx11 vs dx12


@Burgurne,

If the game is only DX11, then even if you have a DX12 GPU (video card), and a DX12 OS (Windows 10), the game will only run is DX11 as that the mode the game was designed to run in. In order to run in DX12 mode you need 3 things....

• Game must be a DX12 title
• GPU must be DX12 capable
• OS must support DX12

If any of those things at missing, the game will run in the lowest DX mode available to the lowest item. In your case it appears the game is only DX11 capable, so your DX mode will be 11. Also be aware that the DX API is backwards compatible, which means DX12 can play older DX games - 8 - 11 for example. That even though the OS is DX12 capable, doesn't mean a DX9 title is automatically elevated to DX12.

Here's a list of DX12 supported games - List of games with DirectX 12 support - Wikipedia.

Hope that answers your question.

BTW What is the game title in question?