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The end of mainstream support will take place on Janufollowed by the end of extended support in January 14, 2020. Then again, Microsoft stopped selling OEM versions of Windows 7 Home (Basic, Premium and Ultimate) at the end of October 2014. Sure, we can see Microsoft holding off on the DirectX 12 release until Windows 10 goes gold, but there's just too much business on Windows 7 at this present time to ignore the platform completely. Given how gamers still flock to Windows 7, not supporting games running on that platform seems a little insane. Microsoft is a key, strategic partner for AMD and we're continuously collaborating with them on DirectX 12." "Richard has no special insight into Microsoft's Windows or DirectX roadmaps. "He was unfortunately speculating from Microsoft's publication of key dates and milestones for Windows 7 lifecycle and mainstream support policy," an AMD representative said. However, AMD went out of its way over the weekend to correct the mess made by Huddy's remarks, saying that he "misspoke." Whether Windows 7 will get the DirectX 12 treatment is unknown at this point. So far, we know that DirectX 12 will ship with Windows 10 next year and will work on a number of devices such as the Xbox One, PCs, smartphones and tablets. Microsoft's Matt Sandy said in a blog that DirectX 12 will run on many GPUs currently on the market, which should be good news for PC gamers who feared they may need to upgrade their graphics cards. The API will be closer to the hardware than what was seen with DirectX 11 and older, enabling better performance in games that utilize the API. Microsoft introduced DirectX 12 back in March. Of that group, 47.78 percent use the 64-bit version of Windows 7, followed by Windows 8.1 64-bit (21.43 percent), Windows 7 (11.73 percent), Windows 8 64-bit (7.01 percent), and Windows XP 32-bit (4.08 percent). According to the Steam Hardware Survey, 95 percent of Steam users play on a Windows platform.