WARNING! This will only work for modern video cards that can utilize the Vulkan API. To check for compatibility, see if you card appears in this list: https://vulkan.gpuinfo.org/
If you are still having issues, be sure to update your video drivers.

This mod replaces the game's Direct3D 9 runtime with an open source Vulkan-based implementation called DXVK, bypassing the slow system D3D9 drivers. It can improve graphics performance on new hardware in a very easy-to-install way - it just adds a DLL file to the game's directory, and that's it.

Download from here: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases

Use 7zip (or another alternative that can extract these files) to "extract here" dxvk-1.9.2.tar.gz to dxvk-1.9.2.tar.

Then use 7zip again to extract dxvk-1.9.2.tar to "extract here" again to the dxvk-1.9.2 folder.


Go into the dxvk-1.9.2 folder, then the x32 folder.

Rename the file d3d9.dll in your SEV folder to "d3d9.dll - old". This simply deactivates the file and allows you to return it if you have issues.

Then, take the d3d9.dll from the dxvk-1.9.2\x32 folder and copy it into your SEV folder.



Note- this should work for most Direct X 9 games, though your results may vary.