10Level9 ID3D11DeviceContext Methods

This section lists the differences between each 10Level9 feature level and the D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 and higher feature level for the ID3D11DeviceContext methods.

ID3D11DeviceContext::CopySubresourceRegion
ID3D11DeviceContext::CopyResource
ID3D11DeviceContext::CopyStructureCount
ID3D11DeviceContext::ClearUnorderedAccessViewFloat
ID3D11DeviceContext::ClearUnorderedAccessViewUint
ID3D11DeviceContext::ClearRenderTargetView
ID3D11DeviceContext::CSSetConstantBuffers
ID3D11DeviceContext::CSSetSamplers
ID3D11DeviceContext::CSSetShader
ID3D11DeviceContext::CSSetShaderResources
ID3D11DeviceContext::CSSetUnorderedAccessViews
ID3D11DeviceContext::Dispatch
ID3D11DeviceContext::DispatchIndirect
ID3D11DeviceContext::Draw
ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawAuto
ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawIndexed
ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawIndexedInstanced
ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawIndexedInstancedIndirect
ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawInstanced
ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawInstancedIndirect
ID3D11DeviceContext::DSSetConstantBuffers
ID3D11DeviceContext::DSSetSamplers
ID3D11DeviceContext::DSSetShader
ID3D11DeviceContext::DSSetShaderResources
ID3D11DeviceContext::GSSetConstantBuffers
ID3D11DeviceContext::GSSetSamplers
ID3D11DeviceContext::GSSetShader
ID3D11DeviceContext::GSSetShaderResources
ID3D11DeviceContext::HSSetConstantBuffers
ID3D11DeviceContext::HSSetSamplers
ID3D11DeviceContext::HSSetShader
ID3D11DeviceContext::HSSetShaderResources
ID3D11DeviceContext::IASetIndexBuffer
ID3D11DeviceContext::IASetPrimitiveTopology
ID3D11DeviceContext::OMSetBlendState
ID3D11DeviceContext::OMSetRenderTargets
ID3D11DeviceContext::OMSetRenderTargetsAndUnorderedAccessViews
ID3D11DeviceContext::PSSetConstantBuffers
ID3D11DeviceContext::PSSetSamplers
ID3D11DeviceContext::PSSetShader
ID3D11DeviceContext::PSSetShaderResources
ID3D11DeviceContext::RSSetScissorRects
ID3D11DeviceContext::RSSetViewports
ID3D11DeviceContext::SetPredication
ID3D11DeviceContext::SOSetTargets
ID3D11DeviceContext::VSSetConstantBuffers
ID3D11DeviceContext::VSSetSamplers
ID3D11DeviceContext::VSSetShader
ID3D11DeviceContext::VSSetShaderResources
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ID3D11DeviceContext::CopySubresourceRegion

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Only Texture2D and buffers may be copied within GPU-accessible memory. Texture3D cannot be copied from GPU-accessible memory to CPU-accessible memory. Any resource that has only D3D10_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE cannot be copied from GPU-accessible memory to CPU-accessible memory. You can't copy mipmapped volume textures. ${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::CopyResource

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Only Texture2D and buffers may be copied within GPU-accessible memory. Texture3D cannot be copied from GPU-accessible memory to CPU-accessible memory. Any resource that has only D3D10_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE cannot be copied from GPU-accessible memory to CPU-accessible memory. ${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::CopyStructureCount

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::ClearUnorderedAccessViewFloat

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::ClearUnorderedAccessViewUint

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::ClearRenderTargetView

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Only the first array slice will be cleared. Applications should create a render target view for each face or array slice, then clear each view individually.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::CSSetConstantBuffers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::CSSetSamplers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::CSSetShader

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::CSSetShaderResources

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::CSSetUnorderedAccessViews

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::Dispatch

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::DispatchIndirect

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::Draw

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Number of primitives may not exceed 65535. Textures cannot repeat over one primitive more than 128 times.
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2	Number of primitives may not exceed 1048575. Textures cannot repeat over one primitive more than 2048 times.
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3	Number of primitives may not exceed 1048575. Textures cannot repeat over one primitive more than 8192 times.

ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawAuto

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawIndexed

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Number of primitives may not exceed 65535. Textures cannot repeat over one primitive more than 128 times. Index values cannot exceed 65534. Indexed point lists not supported.
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2	Number of primitives may not exceed 1048575. Textures cannot repeat over one primitive more than 2048 times. Index values cannot exceed 1048575. Indexed point lists not supported.
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3	Number of primitives may not exceed 1048575. Textures cannot repeat over one primitive more than 8192 times. Index values cannot exceed 1048575. Indexed point lists not supported.

ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawIndexedInstanced

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3	Number of primitives may not exceed 1048575. Textures cannot repeat over one primitive more than 8192 times. Index values cannot exceed 1048575. Note: When you call the DrawIndexedInstanced method with a vertex shader that is bound to the pipeline and that doesn't import any per-instance data, some Direct3D 9 graphics hardware might not draw anything. In particular, if the vertex shader does not use any per-instance data, calling DrawIndexedInstanced with 1 instance is not equivalent to calling Draw.

ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawIndexedInstancedIndirect

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* or 10.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawInstanced

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::DrawInstancedIndirect

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* or 10.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::DSSetConstantBuffers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* or 10.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::DSSetSamplers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* or 10.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::DSSetShader

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* or 10.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::DSSetShaderResources

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* or 10.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::GSSetConstantBuffers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::GSSetSamplers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::GSSetShader

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::GSSetShaderResources

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::HSSetConstantBuffers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* or 10.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::HSSetSamplers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* or 10.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::HSSetShader

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* or 10.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::HSSetShaderResources

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* or 10.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::IASetIndexBuffer

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Format is allowed to be different from that specified at buffer creation, but an expensive translation will be incurred. Only allows index buffers with the DXGI_FORMAT_R16_UINT format.
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2	Format is allowed to be different from that specified at buffer creation, but an expensive translation will be incurred. Allows index buffers with the DXGI_FORMAT_R16_UINT and DXGI_FORMAT_R32_UINT formats like D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0 and higher. ${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::IASetPrimitiveTopology

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Primitive topologies with adjacency are not supported${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::OMSetBlendState

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	SampleMask cannot be zero${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::OMSetRenderTargets

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Only one render target supported${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3	Only four render targets supported, and all bound resources must have same bit depth.

ID3D11DeviceContext::OMSetRenderTargetsAndUnorderedAccessViews

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::PSSetConstantBuffers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	See feature level 10.0, but total number of constants used by shader cannot exceed 32${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::PSSetSamplers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	No more than 16 samplers can be bound${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::PSSetShader

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Only ps_4_0_level_9_1${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3	Only ps_4_0_level_9_3 or ps_4_0_level_9_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::PSSetShaderResources

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	No more than 8 simultaneously bound shader resources${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::RSSetScissorRects

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Only the zeroth scissor rect is available${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::RSSetViewports

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Only the zeroth viewport is available${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

Even though you specify float values to the members of the D3D11_VIEWPORT structure for the pViewports array in a call to ID3D11DeviceContext::RSSetViewports for feature levels 9_x, RSSetViewports uses DWORDs internally. Because of this behavior, when you use a negative top left corner for the viewport, the call to RSSetViewports for feature levels 9_x fails. This failure occurs because RSSetViewports for 9_x casts the floating point values into unsigned integers without validation, which results in integer overflow.

The call to ID3D11DeviceContext::RSSetViewports for feature levels 10_x and 11_x works as you expect even when you use a negative top left corner for the viewport.

ID3D11DeviceContext::SetPredication

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::SOSetTargets

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::VSSetConstantBuffers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	See feature level 10.0, but total number of constants used by shader cannot exceed 255${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::VSSetSamplers

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

ID3D11DeviceContext::VSSetShader

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Only vs_4_0_level_9_1${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3	Only vs_4_0_level_9_3 or vs_4_0_level_9_1

ID3D11DeviceContext::VSSetShaderResources

Feature Level	Behavior Differences
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1	Not supported on any 9.* feature level.${REMOVE}$
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2
D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3

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Last updated on 2021-08-19