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.

AMD Improves DirectX 12 Performance By Up To 46% With Asynchronous

Intel Xe- und Arc-GPUs müssen DirectX 9 über die DirectX-12-API

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

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

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Intel withdraws native support for DirectX 9 from Arc and Xe

Intel Confirms Arc A750 Price Cut, Claims Big Performance Gains as

Intel is planning a major update for its Arc Control software, new

Intel Arc Graphics Performance Revisited: DX9 Steps Forward, DX12

Why AMD doesn't add a Vulkan layer for DX9,10,11 games? : r/Amd