Check RenderCapability.Tier
- Graphics Rendering Tiers
- RenderCapability Class
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- RenderCapability.IsPixelShaderVersionSupported – Gets a value that indicates whether the specified pixel shader version is supported.
- RenderCapability.IsShaderEffectSoftwareRenderingSupported – Gets a value that indicates whether the system can render bitmap effects in software.
- RenderCapability.Tier – Gets a value that indicates the rendering tier for the current thread.
- RenderCapability.TierChanged – Occurs when the rendering tier has changed for the Dispatcher object of the current thread.
RenderCapability.Tier >> 16
- Rendering Tier 0 – No graphics hardware acceleration. The DirectX version level is less than version 7.0.
- Rendering Tier 1 – Partial graphics hardware acceleration. The DirectX version level is greater than or equal to version 7.0, and lesser than version 9.0.
- Rendering Tier 2 – Most graphics features use graphics hardware acceleration. The DirectX version level is greater than or equal to version 9.0.