Did DirectX 9 improve the performance of the game for you or it feels and acts exactly the same as before. If you have any troubles, leave a comment and let me know of YOUR experience. You can download the old DirectX 9 from here: The link provided below is from Microsoft’s official website. Installing DirectX 9 does not hurt your system, it will not break anything. You can get a Windows 10 Pro for $28 from Kinguin (use code “vulkk” for extra 3% OFF) – I got a copy myself from them :)

There is no overriding or replacing, the installation just adds another layer. If the game can benefit from DirectX 11 or 12, it WILL use those.

By doing that, you DO NOT remove the DirectX 12, no, it just installs extra libraries and gives the game you play an option which ones to use. This is the latest and updated version of DirectX 9. Download the file from the link I have provided below (leading to the official Microsoft website) and install with no manual changes during the process. DirectX 9.0c offline installer available in Windows 10 & 11. The latest versions of Direct X are also available, such as DirectX 10 and DirectX 11.RELATED► How does Windows 10 Anniversary Update affect Games and PC DirectX 9.0c includes security and performance updates. Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio. You must ensure that you have installed a DirectX 9 supported graphics card. Users mostly install DirectX for playing PC games. Vertex Shader 3.0 and Pixel shader and many new features across all technologies can be accessed by applications using DirectX for Windows. Note that this package does not modify the DirectX Runtime installed on your Windows OS in any way.ĭirectX 9.0c offline installer available in Windows 10 & 11. The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime installs a number of runtime libraries from the legacy DirectX SDK for some games that use D3DX9, D3DX10, D3DX11, XAudio 2.7, XInput 1.3, XACT, and/or Managed DirectX 1.1.

Directx 9 redistributable