D9VK Alternatives

D9VK is described as 'A d3d9 to vk layer based off DXVK's codebase. Contribute to Joshua-Ashton/d9vk development by creating an account on GitHub' and is an app in the gaming software category. There are five alternatives to D9VK for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best D9VK alternative is Mythic, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like D9VK are D8VK, WineD3D, DDrawCompat and ForceD3D9On12.

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  1. Mythic icon
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    An open-source Epic Games Launcher alternative and normal game launcher for macOS written in Swift. We started this project to create a GUI frontend for Legendary and to play Windows games using game porting toolkit by Apple.

    49 Mythic alternatives

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    • Mac
     
  2. D8VK icon
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    A Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 8/9/10/11 which allows running 3D applications on Linux using Wine.

    19 D8VK alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. WineD3D icon
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    Even if Windows supports DirectX natively, using WineD3D can enhance backwards compatiblity with older games, especially on Windows 8 and newer that don't support 16 bit screen modes. Another possible use is to emulate unsupported versions of DirectX, or porting DirectX...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  4. DDrawCompat is a DLL wrapper aimed at fixing compatibility and performance issues for games based on DirectDraw and Direct3D 1-7. Partially supports GDI as well. There is no API conversion involved, most of the rendering is still done by the native DirectDraw/Direct3D 1-7 and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. This project provides DLL wrappers for the DirectX 1-9 graphics components. Its purpose is to disable the use of the Direct3D 9 user-mode display driver provided by GPU vendors. This forces the runtimes to use D3D9On12 instead.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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