The IDXGIAdapter interface represents a display sub-system (including one or more GPU’s, DACs and video memory).
interface IDXGIAdapter : public IDXGIObject
A display sub-system is often referred to as a video card, however, on some machines the display sub-system is part of the mother board.
To enumerate the display sub-systems, use IDXGIFactory::EnumAdapters. To get an interface to the adapter for a particular device, use IDXGIDevice::GetAdapter. To create a software adapter, use IDXGIFactory::CreateSoftwareAdapter.
Header: Declared in d3d11_x.h (dxgi.h on other Windows platforms).
Library: Use d3d11_x.lib (dxgi.lib on other Windows platforms).