Steam – Running games in DirectX 6

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I've just watched a video where I saw Counter Strike: Global Offensive is running in Direct X 6. This makes HUGE difference on FPS and also lower the graphics quality so much. This makes me wonders and want to try it. How does one run CS:GO (or any Source Engine based game) on bare minimum Direct X 6?

Best Answer

You can enable DirectX 6 mode with the command line "-dxlevel 60".

right click on game -> "properties"
"set launch options..."
launch options: "-dxlevel 60"