What to know

• D7VK v2.2 addresses longstanding gaps in Direct3D 3 support, a legacy API that had received minimal updates since being added in v1.5.
• The update includes major refactoring of device refcounting, texture handling, color keying, and bug fixes across D3D3/5/6 implementations.
• Performance improvements are expected particularly for games using color key transparency, and Frogger (1997) has already seen positive impact.

“D3D3 games are like the fabled "Palantír"s in The Lord of the Rings: artifacts lost to time and certainly not all accounted for. It's with v2.2 that D3D3 support has finally been brought in line with everything else.”

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