Intel na-ewepụ nkwado ala maka DirectX 9 (DX9) site na eserese Arc ọhụrụ na eserese Xe wuru n'ime ndị nrụpụta ọgbọ nke iri na abụọ, yana nkwado dị ugbu a site na nṅomi DirectX 12.
Akụkọ banyere mmegharị DirectX 9 sitere na ibe nkwado emelitere na nso nso a na webụsaịtị Intel, nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-ekwu na ọ gaghị akwado API eserese afọ 20, mana na-enye nkwa na "ngwa na egwuregwu sitere na DirectX 9. ka nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ Microsoft [Windows 3 na Windows 9] D12D10On11 interface."
N'ezie, ebe Intel GPU nke oge a enweghị ndị ọkwọ ụgbọ ala raara onwe ya nye egwuregwu egwuregwu ochie nke na-agba naanị na DX9, dị ka asọmpi na-adịghị mma, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, na Team Fortress 2, ị ka ga-enwe ike igwu ha na ngwaike ọhụrụ a, na ịdabere ọhụrụ na akwa maapụ D9D9On12 ekwesịghị ' t enwe mmetụta na-adịghị mma na-ahụ anya na egwuregwu.
Nke ahụ abụghị ịsị na nsogbu agaghị eme, mana Microsoft na-ewerezi ọrụ maka nkwalite maka egwuregwu DirectX 9 yana ahụhụ ndị metụtara ya. Nke a pụtara na ọ bụrụ na ndị mmepe egwuregwu ahụ enweta ahụhụ eserese ma ọ bụ oyi akwa Microsoft ajụ ịgba ọsọ kpamkpam, ha ga-eji Microsoft dozie ya ozugbo kama Intel.
Intel rụkwara aka na nke a abụghị akụkọ ọjọọ. Enwere egwuregwu ole na ole ka na-agba naanị na DX9, na-emegide nkwado DX9 yana API ọhụrụ, nke Intel ka ga-akwado. O yighịkwa ka a ga-ewu egwuregwu ọhụrụ site na iji DirectX 9, ọ bụghị ikwu na àgwà eserese egwuregwu abịala site na mmali na oke n'ime afọ kemgbe ewepụtara DX9 afọ 20 gara aga. Naanị ihe kpatara nkwado nwere ike ịdịru ogologo oge a na mbụ bụ ego ngwaike egwuregwu PC ochie ka na-eji taa, nyere na Nvidia's GTX 1060 ka bụ GPU kachasị ewu ewu na nyocha Valve's Steam, afọ isii ka ahapụchara ya mbụ.