DirectX 11.1 Platform Update for Windows 7 - KB 2670838

 
Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7, which was released yesterday includes portions of the DirectX 11.1 runtime for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 via update KB 2670838 (Platform Update for Windows 7).
 
When you install the update KB 2670838, then these Windows 8 components become available in Windows 7 with full functionality:

• Direct2D 1.1 (including Direct2D Effects)
• DirectWrite
• Windows Imaging Component (WIC)

These provide partial functionality:

• Direct3D 11.1
• DXGI 1.2

This component is not available:

• DirectComposition (DComp)

Source: MSDN
Download: IE10 for Windows 7