Software Alternatives & Reviews

D9VK VS DXVK

Compare D9VK VS DXVK and see what are their differences

D9VK logo D9VK

A d3d9 to vk layer based off DXVK's codebase.

DXVK logo DXVK

Vulkan-based D3D11 implementation for Linux / Wine
  • D9VK Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-29
  • DXVK Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-28

D9VK videos

Mafia 2 on PlayStation 4. Test D9VK (Vulkan) on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)

More videos:

  • Review - D9VK vs OpenGL Native - Rocket League - RX 580
  • Review - Two Worlds 2 WineD3D vs D9VK short comparison

DXVK videos

Dying Light first boss arena/midgame review (Hard) (DXVK 1.7.1)

More videos:

  • Review - Windows & Steam games with Lutris: Install guide (Wine, DXVK, Drivers)
  • Review - Is Linux a better Gaming OS for Ryzen APUs? (Native, Proton, dxvk and lutris)

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to D9VK and DXVK)
Cloud Computing
49 49%
51% 51
Gaming
47 47%
53% 53
Group Chat & Notifications
Game Managers
50 50%
50% 50

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Reviews

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D9VK Reviews

15 Lutris Alternatives
D9VK improves performance by having revised buffer code, more aggressive flushing, matching the semantics of D3D11, partial clears, query changes, cube draw targets/depth stencils, and several other things. It also includes memory monitoring and out-of-memory reporting functionality, as well as different shader changes and other changes. Such a new project has come a long...

DXVK Reviews

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, DXVK seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

D9VK mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of D9VK yet. Tracking of D9VK recommendations started around Mar 2021.

DXVK mentions (1)

  • Monster animations make them not scary
    I installed Dead Space 2 to test out the new DXVK Vulkan swap https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/wiki. Source: over 1 year ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing D9VK and DXVK, you can also consider the following products

DXUP - A D3D10 -> D3D11 Translation Layer

Direct3D 9-to-11 - Direct3D 9 to Direct3D 11 converter.

Proton - Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components

CodeWeavers CrossOver - Don't buy a Windows license, don't reboot and don't use a Virtual Machine. Try a free trial of CrossOver to run your Windows software on Mac, Linux and Chrome OS.

Q4wine - Q4Wine is a qt4 GUI for wine that will help you manage wine prefixes and installed applications

PlayOnLinux - PlayOnLinux will allow you to play your favorite games on Linux easily