Windows 10: DirectX12 Issues when playing older games.

Hello I'm stumped! I recently bought a brand new computer, I had someone install the components. I have windows 11 with DirectX12My System Specs for System Information + DxDiag Notes + DirectX Debug Levels are as follow------------------System Information------------------ Time of this report: 5/15/2023, 19:43:13 Machine name: REDACTED Machine Id: REDACTED Operating System: Windows 11 Pro N 64-bit 10.0, Build 22621 22621.ni_release.220506-1250 Language: English Regional Setting: English System Manufacturer: ASUS Syst

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Unable to play any games on DirectX12

Hello, I tried playing multiple games with DirectX12, but they open in DirectX11 no matter what, I tried using -force-d3d12 but I don't get any errors and it just boots up in DirectX11, but games like Resident Evil Village which does require DirectX12 it runs fine. I also tried installing Graphics Tools and running "dxcpl" to put the game in the directory and force it to run DirectX12 but I still don't get any errors and it boots up in DirectX11.

Can anybody help me please?

Thanks

 

playing older games

Hi,

An incomplete update may cause issues playing older games on Windows 10. To resolve your concern, you need to install all critical and important updates on your computer by following the steps on this

link.

Windows 10 has a built-in DirectX 12 which is the latest version of DirectX. If you are still unable to play older games on your Windows 10 PC, change the compatibility settings on your computer by following the steps on this

link.

Note Most programs created for earlier versions of Windows will work on Windows 10,
but some older programs might run poorly or not at all.

If you need further assistance, feel free to contact us anytime.

 

Games run slow unless I force directx12

My pc suddenly has problems running a lot of games, while it's specs are quite high.

It used to be able to run almost any game, but it currently has issues running any game I try.

It has no issues outside of running games, other things work just fine.

The games run at about ~15 fps, while I should be easily able to run them.

I have been able to fix 2 games using steam flags:

• Dead by Daylight by using the -dx12 flag
  
• Rimworld by using the -force-d3d12
  

So both of these flags force the game to run using directx12, but I have no idea why this works. I would force every game to run in directx12 if I could, but I can't find the needed flags for all of them and it's quite tedious so I would prefer a more permanent solution.

dxdiag says the directx version is 12, and every directx or .net repair tool I found says everything looks good.

I have tried to find a way to reinstall directx12, but that doesn't seem possible unless I'm missing something.

Other things I have tried:

• reinstalling drivers using Geforce Experience
  
• reinstalling multiple games
  
• selecting high performance options in nvidia control panel and windows settings