- Introduction and History
- WDDM is Microsoft's graphic driver architecture for Windows video cards
- First introduced in Windows Vista, required in Windows 8
- Successor to XDDM/XPDM from Windows 2000 and XP
- Key Features
- Enables better performance graphics and stability
- Supports Desktop Window Manager and DirectX Graphics Infrastructure
- Requires Direct3D 9-capable video card
- Allows virtualized video memory and cross-process Direct3D sharing
- Version History
- Includes versions from WDDM 1.0 to WDDM 3.0
- Version 3.0 is the latest supported version
- Management
- Version can be checked through DirectX Diagnostic Tool
- Service issues can be resolved by setting automatic startup
- Driver updates require compatible graphics card hardware