Windows 7 D3D 9.x If you are still developing with D3D9, honestly you should seriously consider moving forward. Note: See the above video to learn about new features in the panel like the “Feature level limit”. If you are still using D3D9 and the old DX SDK 2010, grab the one on your left.
Location: C: Windows System32 So, if you are developing for D3D 10.x or 11.x, use the new one as the old one won´t have any effect. It´s easy: the new ones only include one tab (Direct3D 10.x/11.x). The New DirectX Control Panel We will need to deal with it to enable D3D debug and to manage other stuff, so first thing is to learn to differentiate between the old one (June 2010 DirectX SDK) and the new ones (Windows SDK).
So, we will try to cover all the possible cases you could face when trying to activate the Debug Output in D3D, no matter if you work in Windows 7 with the old version of (June 2010), if you are in Windows 7 or Windows 8 and use, or if you are in the latest Windows 8.1 with its own. Keep in mind that some of the DirectX features are no longer distributed with the DirectX SDK, but with the Windows SDK. The following video explains some of the changes related to D3D Debugging, the DirectX Control Panel, and how all the new infrastructure works: You can also access the content.
