Top 15 Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform (WARP) Alternative and Similar Softwares | Nov 2024

It is a component of the DirectX graphics technology that was introduced by the Direct3D 11 runtime. The Direct3D 11 runtime is installed on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Vista with the [KB971644] update. Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT include the Direct3D 11.1 runtime, which has an updated version of WARP.

In Windows 10, WARP has been updated to support Direct3D 12 at feature level 12_1; under Direct3D 12, WARP also replaces the Reference rasterizer.

1. SwiftShader

SwiftShader The SwiftShader libraries act as drop-in replacements for graphics drivers.On Windows, most applications can be made to use SwiftShader's DLLs by placing them in the same folder as the executable. On Linux, the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable or -rpath linker option can be used to direct applications to search for shared......

2. Phoronix Test Suite

Phoronix Test Suite Phoronix Test Suite is a free, open-source benchmark software for Linux and other operating systems developed by Phoronix Media with cooperation from an undisclosed number of hardware and software vendors.The Phoronix Test Suite has been endorsed by sites such as Linux.com, LinuxPlanet and has been called "the best benchmarking platform"......

3. 3D Analyze

3D Analyze With the help of 3DA you can change different graphic options under DirectX 8 and OpenGL. 3DA changes different CAP-bits for example, if a game requires HW T&L 3DA emulates these bits and the games runs on graphic boards which don't have HW T&L capabilities. 3DA doesn't emulate any features......

4. PerformanceTest

PerformanceTest PassMark PerformanceTest benchmarks the speed of your PC computer hardware, then compares the result to other machines. Includes disk, 3D and CPU tests. Fast, easy to use, PC speed testing and benchmarking. PassMark PerformanceTest allows you to objectively benchmark a PC using a variety of different speed tests and compare......

5. 3D Ripper DX

3D Ripper DX With 3D Ripper DX you can:- capture all geometry, textures and shaders, rendered during single frame;- import captured geometry into 3D Studio Max or Maya;- see what exactly has been drawn by each individual draw call;- see renderstate, textures, vertex streams, index stream, vertex declaration, vertex and pixel shaders (including......

6. UNIGINE Benchmarks

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7. DirectX Diagnostic Tool

DirectX Diagnostic Tool DxDiag ("DirectX Diagnostics") is a diagnostics tool used to test DirectX functionality and troubleshoot video- or sound-related hardware problems. DirectX Diagnostic can save text files with the scan results. These files are often posted in tech forums or attached to support emails in order to give support personnel a better......

8. Kauna

Kauna Kauna is a music visualizer. Kauna renders any sound reproduction in system. It can also capture audio from a microphone.There are different dynamic and beautiful visualizations available:Wave - frequencies as fine lines;Confetti - colored discs, changing its size;Bars - rainbow spectrum analyzer;Burning clouds - bright visualization simulates illuminated clouds;Plasma -......

9. DirectX Happy Uninstall

DirectX Happy Uninstall Fix DirectX, Uninstall DirectX, Rollback DirectX, Repair DirectX, Reinstall DirectX, Backup DirectX, Restore DirectX......

10. DMDX

DMDX DMDX is a Win 32-based display system used in psychological laboratories around the world to measure reaction times to visual and auditory stimuli. It was programmed by Jonathan Forster at the University of Arizona.DMDX uses DirectX. This software gives the Windows programmer better access to the actual hardware, which is......

11. DirectX OpenGL Wrapper

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12. n-Track

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13. Hamana

Hamana Hamana is a graphic viewer with various visual effect powered by DirectX.It requires DirectX 9.0c and Ghostscript (for PDF).FeaturesArchive formats support: folder, ZIP (CBZ), RAR (CBR), PDF, 7Z, CAB, ARJ, LZH Image formats support: JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP & others* susie plugin support* Available as screensaver* Unicode support* CustomizableAvailable......

14. Ultimate++

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15. MilkDrop

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