Software Alternatives & Reviews

DXVK VS DXUP

Compare DXVK VS DXUP and see what are their differences

DXVK logo DXVK

Vulkan-based D3D11 implementation for Linux / Wine

DXUP logo DXUP

A D3D10 -> D3D11 Translation Layer
  • DXVK Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-28
  • DXUP Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-27

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)

DXUP videos

DXUP | Fallout: New Vegas

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to DXVK and DXUP)
Gaming
58 58%
42% 42
Cloud Computing
56 56%
44% 44
Group Chat & Notifications
Game Managers
50 50%
50% 50

User comments

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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.

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

DXUP mentions (0)

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

What are some alternatives?

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

D9VK - A d3d9 to vk layer based off DXVK's codebase.

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.

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

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