D7VK Aims To Deliver Direct3D 7 Atop Vulkan

Phoronix Nov 7, 2025

DXVK that is an important piece of Steam Play (Proton) for the Direct3D API implemented over the Vulkan API began as D9VK. Over time DXVK expanded then to supporting Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 and even D3D8 too. Meanwhile VKD3D-Proton delivers Direct3D 12 atop Vulkan. Now there is a fork of the DXVK project working to bring Direct3D 7 support atop Vulkan...

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