In practice, the ability to play DX9 was mainly used to turn off shadows – and these now play a key role in Path of Exile's graphics. The version of the game dedicated to this API was previously required because of older versions of Windows, but the vast majority of players already have hardware that supports DX11. The company also decided to stop supporting DirectX9. It is worth noting that other systems will be supported in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions (although the developer encourages the use of the latter). According to developer's statistics, these versions of OS are currently used by only 0.1% of people playing PoE.

Grinding Gear Games, the studio responsible for the hack'n'slash Path of Exile, has announced that with the next update (the 3.6.0 patch, scheduled for March) the game will stop supporting Windows XP and Windows Vista OS. The reason for the developer's decision is the willingness to make better use of the manpower, currently spent on developing outdated versions of the game.With the March 3.6.0 update, Path of Exile will stop supporting Windows XP/Vista operating systems and DirectX 9 API.

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