Intel graphics drop native DirectX 9 support, here’s which GPUs are affected



What you need to know

  • The integrated Xe graphics of 12th Gen Intel CPUs and Intel Arc GPUs no longer support DirectX 9 natively.
  • Instead, the newer processors will rely on emulation when called to run purely DirectX 9 games.
  • DirectX 9 is 20 years old, and very few titles rely on it, though there are some popular older games that utilize the API.

Intel has dropped native DirectX 9 (DX9) support for integrated graphics on its 12th Gen chips as well as Arc discrete GPUs. Systems with the newer processors will instead have to rely on emulation to play titles that rely on the older API. Intel announced the change in an updated support page

“12th generation Intel processor’s integrated GPU and Arc discrete GPU no longer support D3D9 natively. Applications and games based on DirectX 9 can still work through Microsoft* D3D9On12 interface,” explains Intel.





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