Actually W8 includes a new way of handling Stereoscopic 3D that is native to the system, this will help GPU driver programmers improve 3D support for the ones of us that have 3D HDTVs (just like DirectX improved gaming back in the day it was released) and hopefully overall performance with the new WDD 1.2, being 30% (or more) efficient just by getting rid of the Aero interface and other useless stuff is also a plus IMHO.