As of late, Intel enhanced the performance of the DirectX 9 API for Arc “Alchemist” GPUs across a number of well-known game titles.
The Intel Arc “Alchemist” graphics architecture was initially created as a forward-facing PC GPU architecture with many modern graphics features, including full DirectX 12 Ultimate support. Curiously, the GPU doesn’t have any hardware support for DirectX 9, though. As game console development (the age of Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)...
Intel Xe iGPUs and Arc Graphics Lack DirectX 9 Support, Rely on API Translation to Play Older Games
So you thought your Arc A380 illustrations card, or the Gen12 Xe iGPU in your twelfth Gen Core processors were adequate to chomp through your more seasoned games from the 2000s and mid 2010s? Not really quick. Intel Graphics expresses that the Xe-LP and Xe-HPG designs structures, which power the...