AMD Chief Gaming Scientist Richard Huddy speaking at the PDXLAN event apparently misspoke when he said that Windows 7 will not support DirectX 12. There had been reports based on a video of Richard Huddy of AMD making speculative comments around DirectX 12 support on versions of Windows. Basicially he said that Windows 7 would not be able to run DirectX 12.

However AMD said in a statement. "Richard Huddy does not speak for Microsoft, and he was unfortunately speculating from Microsoft’s publication of key dates and milestones for Windows 7 lifecycle and mainstream support policy.