If your graphics card does not support the DirectX Runtime.Your PC not have the appropriate Direct3D Hardware Feature Level required by the game engine.If your system does not have the latest version of DirectX.There are two main reasons why you are receiving this error message on Valorant:
In this article, we will discuss the cause of this error and the solutions to fix it. Some users have received it on MIR4, whereas some received it on Fortnite, PUBG or ARK. It is not the Valorant or Steam specific error you can see it on any game that requires DirectX to run. It is clear from the error message that the user’s system should have DirectX 11 feature level 10.0. Intel HD Graphics 4000/2500 (aka "Ivy Bridge" or "3rd generation Core") or later supports Direct3D Feature Level 11.0, but it may not be considered sufficient performance by the developer/publisher to support this particular title.Some users are receiving an error message DX11 feature level 10.0 is required to run the engine on the Steam or Valorant game. While it is possible that you have the wrong driver installed for your hardware, more likely you just don't have a recent or powerful enough GPU to support that title. It expects you to have a PC gaming system with support for Direct3D Hardware Feature Level 11.0 or better video card. The game system requirements state a minimum of DX11 Compatible GeForce GTX 460 1GB or AMD HD 6850 1GB which are 2010-era video cards. In fact, with Windows 10 an application can be using Directx 11.4 and in theory require a D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_12_1 Direct3D Feature Level video card to run.
The version of the DirectX Runtime doesn't indicate anything about whether or not the system is running a Direct3D 9-era Shader Model 2.0 part (which would be D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_1 or D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_2), a Shader Model 3.0 part ( D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3), a Direct3D 10 video card from 2006,( D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0 or D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_1), a Direct3D 11 video card from 2010 ( D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0), or a just released latest card ( D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1, D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_12_0, or D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_12_1). With Windows 10, you have the DirectX 12.0 Runtime which supports 11.3 (or with the November 2015 build 10586, 11.4) as well as 12.0 If you have Windows 8.1, then you have the DirectX 11.2 Runtime. See this blog post and MSDN: Direct3D feature levelsįor example, if you have Windows 7 installed, then you have the DirectX 11.0 Runtime or the partial DirectX 11.1 Runtime update. The version of the DirectX Runtime you have installed which describes what the OS software can support is not the same thing as the Direct3D Hardware Feature Level which describes the support your video hardware provides.