The Verge

Intel turns to emulation for DirectX 9 games after ditching native support

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Intel is removing native support for DirectX ...
Digital Trends

Intel drops support for DirectX 9, but it may be a good thing

Intel has now officially dropped native hardware support for DirectX 9, and this applies to both integrated Xe graphics on Alder Lake CPUs and discrete Arc Alchemist GPUs. This doesn’t mean that Intel ...
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 ...
Neowin

Intel confirms no native DirectX 9 support for 13th Gen Raptor Lake, Arc, and more0 0

Intel has confirmed that it has ditched native support for DirectX 9 on its various Xe-based graphics products. These include its upcoming Arc discrete GPUs, Raptor Lake graphics, and newer. Intel has ...
Neowin

Windows 11 update KB5012643 also broke ancient DirectX 9 on "certain GPUs"

Microsoft has announced that its recent Windows 11 update KB5012643, which was already plagued with known issues related to Safe Mode and .NET 3.5, is now causing problems in games and applications ...
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 ...