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D7VK 1.5 Implements Direct3D 3 Over Vulkan for Legacy Titles

D7VK 1.5 was released today, implementing Direct3D 3 over Vulkan. This extends the project's capabilities for legacy Direct3D titles, building upon its existing support for Direct3D 7, 6, and 5. The D7VK project functions as a translation layer, similar to DXVK and VKD3D-Proton, converting older Microsoft Direct3D APIs to Vulkan. This allows for faster acceleration and improved compatibility for games and applications that utilize these early Direct3D versions on modern Linux systems and Vulkan-enabled GPUs.

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