Intel has officially moved away from supporting DirectX 9 on its integrated Xe and discrete Arc GPUs. Is this going to be a problem for gamers?

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 is removing native support for DirectX 9 (DX9) from its new Arc graphics cards and Xe integrated graphics on 12th Gen processors.

On Xe, Arc GPUs Intel has moved from native DX9 hardware support on its Intel's Xe integrated graphics solutions on 12th Gen CPUs and A-Series Arc Alchemist discrete GPUs to DirectX 12 ...

In a sense, Intel is outsourcing the work of optimizing its game drivers for DirectX 9 to Microsoft so it can focus on improving DirectX 11 performance on Intel Arc.

DirectX 9 games enjoy a massive FPS boost with the new driver, including over 2x performance increase in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

To run older PC games, Intel's upcoming Arc graphics cards are going to rely on emulation rather than native support for DirectX 9. Intel quietly mentioned the DirectX 9 emulation in a company ...

Intel delivers another milestone driver update for the Intel Arc A750, this time focusing on DirectX 11 performance in games like Overwatch 2.

Upon launch, Intel Arc GPUs could not run DirectX 9 titles natively and would be emulated on the graphics cards, causing a significant performance difference. While the same GPU would get very ...

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.