| Vendor | Minimum DirectX 12 Support | DirectX 12 Ultimate (Full Feature Set) | |--------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------| | NVIDIA | GeForce GTX 900 series (Maxwell 2) | RTX 2000/3000/4000 series | | AMD | Radeon HD 7000 series (GCN 1st gen) | RX 6000 series or newer | | Intel | 6th Gen Core (Skylake) or newer | Intel Arc & 11th Gen+ Iris Xe |
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