# An initial investigation into WDDM on ReactOS

DevFeed: [An initial investigation into WDDM on ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/an-initial-investigation-into-wddm-on-reactos-32853.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/investigating-wddm/>)

Published: 2025-10-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [DirectX](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/directx.md>), [OpenGL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/opengl.md>), [Graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphics.md>)

Tags: [directx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/directx.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphics.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [opengl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opengl.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

This article investigates the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) in ReactOS, describing how Vista-era changes shifted GPU management toward driver vendors and examining related display-driver behavior, OpenGL ICD loading, and Vulkan similarities.

## Source excerpt

The history of ReactOS spans a wider range than the lives of many of the people who work on it today. Incredible individuals have come and gone from the project with vastly different goals for what they want to see developed. In recent years, better hardware support has emerged as one of those goals. As ReactOS gazes towards the world of Vista and beyond, a few questions about how hardware works emerge.