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Why Microsoft keeps updating DirectX 12 instead of making DirectX 13

2025 marks 10 years after the official launch of DirectX 12 for Windows 10. This came after a relatively frequent release ...
TechSpot

Intel is dropping native DirectX 9 support on Arc and Xe GPUs, going with emulation instead

In context: It shouldn't surprise anyone that Intel's Arc Alchemist GPUs don't come with drivers on the same level as Nvidia and AMD offerings. Team Blue has a lot of catching up to do, and now it's ...
Neowin

Valve's Dota 2 to drop support for 32-bit systems, DirectX 9, and OpenGL1 1

The mega popular multiplayer battle arena game Dota 2 is dropping support for several aging technologies like 32-bit operating systems, DirectX 9, and others soon. Valve says the changes are needed to ...
TweakTown

Intel Arc GPUs use DirectX 9 to DirectX 12 emulator, no native DX9 API

Intel has officially dropped native DirectX 9 hardware support for its integrated Xe GPUs on its 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" CPUs, as well as its upcoming Arc A-series desktop GPUs. In its place, Intel ...
PC Magazine

With New Driver, Intel Arc GPUs Run Older DirectX 9 Games Up to 79% Faster

With New Driver, Intel Arc GPUs Run Older DirectX 9 Games Up to 79% Faster Intel creates a native DirectX 9 implementation for several older games, including CounterStrike: Global Offensive and ...
TechSpot

DirectX 9.0c redistributable

Thank you for choosing TechSpot as your download destination. If the download does not begin automatically, click here This driver has been downloaded 86,228 times so far All downloaded files are on ...
Digital Trends

What is DirectX, and why is it important for PC games?

DirectX is the secret sauce that allows most of the best PC games to run. It solves a problem for developers by offering a standardized solution to communicate instructions to your graphics card, and ...