DirectX 11 for Vista beta

[evilsofa]

The beta for the Platform Update For Vista is now available:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=971644

That page fails to make clear that this is how you will get DirectX 11 for Vista. This would be more interesting if there were any DirectX 11 demos. Anyone know of any?

Edit: and as /rant/ points out, more interesting if there was any DX11 cards to demo it on...

 

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That page fails to make clear that this is how you will get DirectX 11 for Vista. This would be more interesting if there were any DirectX 11 demos. Anyone know of any?

I suppose you'll have to get the September 2009 SDK update. However, wouldn't every demo basically run on the reference rasterizer (or whatever it is called nowadays)? D3D11 hardware ain't out yet...