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

Intel Xe and Arc GPUs will use DX12 to emulate DX9, with Arc GPUs featuring no native DX9 support whatsoever, Microsoft's D3D90n12 interface is used.

Intel is overgestapt op DirectX 9-emulatie voor nieuwe Arc- en Xe

Intel Xe iGPUs and Arc Graphics Lack DirectX 9 Support, Rely on

Unity - Manual: DirectX 11 and OpenGL Core

Every Intel Arc GPU won't support DirectX 9 natively

Intel Xe iGPUs and Arc Graphics Lack DirectX 9 Support, Rely on

DirectX 12 API Gets New GPU Upload Heaps & Non-Normalized Sampling

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Intel reveals that the ARC GPUs do not have native DirectX 9

Improvements to DirectX 9 Games on Intel® Arc™ Graphics