Neowin News Feed for: Directx9

Microsoft confirms major Windows 11 D3D9 bug won't let apps start, Nvidia maybe culprit

Sayan Sen — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:18:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed that D3D9 breaks and causes various apps to not start in some of the newest Windows 11 Canary builds. Nvidia GPUs may be somehow responsible. Read more...

OBS fixes Windows 11 22H2 capture issue, and Nvidia beats Intel with AV1 encode

Sayan Sen — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 08:10:01 +0000

The popular video recording and streaming app, OBS Studio, has gained support for AV1 encoding on Nvidia RTX 4000 graphics cards. Alongside that, a Windows 11 22H2 issue has also been fixed. Read more...

NVIDIA RTX Remix to help modders add ray tracing to old DirectX 8 and 9 games

Alap Naik Desai — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:08:01 +0000

NVIDIA RTX Remix is a platform that will allow modders to add Ray Tracing to decades-old classic games that worked on DirectX 8 and 9. The tool will add a lot more data for "realistic" light effects. Read more...

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

Sayan Sen — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:42:01 +0000

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. Read more...

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

Sayan Sen — Wed, 11 May 2022 08:16:02 +0000

The recent Windows 11 update KB5012643 and Windows 10 update KB5011831 broke games and apps on "certain GPUs" that run on the Microsoft's DirectX 9 API. Also present is a related D3D9On12 issue. Read more...

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update fixes the DirectX 9 memory allocation bug

Vishal Laul — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 01:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has finally patched an issue with how DirectX 9 reports available memory to games in Windows 10 with the Fall Creators Update. The issue was with an API that was reporting false information. Read more...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Official DirectX9 Trailer

Steven Parker — Sun, 15 May 2005 08:30:45 +0000

Thanks Chode for the heads up on this. GSC/THQ have finally released a new trailer for the much-anticipated S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (the first official trailer in almost 12 months). It comes in... Read more...

ATI pulls DirectX9 support from M9

Mon, 20 May 2002 21:25:06 +0000

Ati has decided that it's next generation mobile graphics processor will not be DirectX 9 compatible, despite its own roadmaps. The reason, the INQUIRER has learned, is that the firm needs at least... Read more...