Re: Apex Legends not starting in DX12 mode

I don't know if this is useful, but here is a new finding - when I manually start the DX12 version of Apex 'r5apex_dx12.exe', it seems that after a few seconds this executable closes and then starts the normal DX11 version 'r5apex.exe'. So starting the DX12 version either via launch parameters or manually simply doesn't work for some unknown reason... Why isn't the game outputting logs somewhere so that one can at least investigate?

hey its been a while but if you're still having the problem then going to the installed files tab and verifying the integrity of the files is worth a try. if that doesn't work I would suggest sparing all the work to find out the problem and just reinstalling apex.

The start command has been changed btw, the new one is:

-anticheat_settings=SettingsDX12.json

Hello this apex problem hellp me

Hey Zabloudil20,

Locking this thread here as it was from the older AHQ forums and was related to a different situation.

Unfortunately, the message you're seeing means that your current GPU no longer meets the current minimum system requirements to play Apex.

Please see our patch notes for more details. 

This patch removes the option for DirectX 11. We discussed this decision and compared performance between DX11 and DX12 across the entire playerbase in this Dev Update. For additional clarity, DX11 was released in 2009 and as a result it does not have many of the capabilities shared by DX12 and consoles, including previous-gen consoles. Keeping DX11 increasingly requires maintaining two versions of the rendering engine: one only for DX11 and a second shared by every other platform. While continuing to support DX11 allows older GPUs to continue to play the game, it also slows down the development of our rendering engine considerably leading to fewer performance and graphical improvements over time. 

DirectX 12 is supported by GPUs starting with the AMD Radeon HD 7790 and the Nvidia GTX 960. In Seasons 23 and 24, approximately 1 out of 1000 Apex players were playing on GPUs older than that at any given time. Rather than split our efforts, we decided to focus on improving the engine for the 99.9% of players who can make use of it.