the release of DirectX version 8.0, DirectDraw was merged into a new package called DirectX Graphics, which extended Direct3D with a few DirectDraw API additions. DirectDraw can still be used by programmers, and it can be compiled in 64-bit, but they must use older DirectX interfaces (DirectX 7 and below).

Drivers from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel provide hardware accelerated support for many of DirectDraw's fundamental features. However, due to changes in Windows Desktop Manager (DWM) in recent Windows versions, features such as Overlays