How to Install Older Versions of Intel GPA (DirectX 9 Support)

[AdamLomax]

Hi,

I made a support ticket but was told to make a query here by the support team.

I used Intel GPA quite often to profile DirectX 9 titles. However, with the most recent update (2024.1) DirectX 9 support has been discontinued.

It seems that even if I uninstall the most modern version of Intel GPA and use an old intaller I have from the previous version - where DirectX 9 support works - it simply seems to intall the most recent version again.

Is there a way to install the previous version of the software? I understand that DirectX 9 is extremely outdated now, but Intel GPA was the most useful software for my specific use case and it would be a shame to lose the ability to profile DirectX 9 titles entirely - since no other software exists that does what GPA does.

Cheers,

Adam

[sentientSpark_Intel · Accepted solution]

Hi AdamLomax,

Thank you for your post, and thank you for using GPA! Although we don't support DirectX 9 streams anymore as of the 2024.1 release, we have been given approval to share the 2023.4 Release (which has support for DirectX 9 capture and playback) to allow users to continue to profile Direct3D 9 titles. You will find it using the Dropbox link below:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bvbr1b00443muibgbl6u6/gpa_23.4.1702630016_release-external_x64_standalone.msi?rlkey=0fg09zitn906qcwbovpknf3vm&st=wg9wra4p&dl=0

You can check if the correct version is installed by selecting the Information icon on the top right and reading the version information from the resulting pop-up, as shown below.

I hope this version proves useful for your DirectX 9 analysis needs. If you run into any issues, please let us know!

[nonassociative]

Hi,

This link is no longer active. Is it possible to obtain access to the download again?

Thank you kindly

[sentientSpark_Intel]

Hi nonassociative,

Thanks for letting us know about the link inactivity.

This thread will link to an alternate link that should work for now.

Solved: How to download Older Versions of Intel GPA (DirectX 9 Support) without Dropbox - Intel Community

I would advise downloading this DX9 supported GPA version, as well as the latest version of GPA for your own use as we must discontinue the download link in 2026.

Thanks for your post, at let me know if you run into any further issues!

[nonassociative]

Wonderful, thank you so much!

[AdamLomax]

Hi,

Thank you so much for the response!

This is perfect, thank you very much!

[sentientSpark_Intel]

You are welcome!

I'm happy to hear it helped. Let us know if you have any more questions regarding Intel GPA for your profiling needs!

Best,

SentientSpark