Team Fortress 2
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Zowee Aug 30, 2015 @ 11:12am
All -Dxlevel Launch Options?
Can someone list all the launch options for -dxlevel. And can you tell me what they do? Like make the game look better or run faster.
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OrganicTaste Aug 30, 2015 @ 11:14am 
-dxlevel 80
-dxlevel 81
-dxlevel 90
That's all I know. -dxlevel 80-81 gives worse visual quality but the game will run a bit better based on your computer.
Last edited by OrganicTaste; Aug 30, 2015 @ 11:14am
Zowee Aug 30, 2015 @ 11:16am 
Originally posted by Stairs:
-dxlevel 80
-dxlevel 81
-dxlevel 90
That's all I know. -dxlevel 80-81 gives worse visual quality but the game will run a bit better based on your computer.
Alright, my game has been lagging for some unknown reason lately. I'm guessing -dxlevel 80 will help that the most?
Tojo Dec 30, 2017 @ 9:24am 
Necro time!

Go to your antivirus and make an exclusion for the steam folder, it stops file scanning of the cache, which bogs your game down
Zyee May 26, 2018 @ 4:10am 
There's not really much changes between -dxlevel 80 & -dxlevel 81.
All I know is that -dxlevel 80 increase better fps but water ( colored white )
and -dxlevel 81 is the same thing but sets the water to normal which may look appropriate to people and not irritating.
Again, -dxlevel 90 does kinda creates lag but depending on your Device ( Windows 7/8/10, no offense players...)
Probably type " Mat_Phong 0 " in Console just to run the game better each time you opened Team Fortress 2, it might stop your Device for awhile but that usually happened.
Lower your Game Settings might help but may changed some qualities and graphics depending on your decisions.
Try this Link and may help your computer run a bit faster...

Copy & Paste on Google...
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E8B96ng6ms&t=154s
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3wDt14JqJ8&t=192s
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ib_FWE9Rog
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gONmbwS2KXg&t=202s
( For Windows 10 )
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfgwg-jAwP0

Thats all I know and my own opinion guys. I hope it helps increase better fps and run devices faster and better.

Thanks & Have Fun :)
kennyS Aug 13, 2018 @ 7:23pm 
DirectX 10-12 : -dxlevel 98 -dxlevel 95 and all
DirectX 9 : -dxlevel 90 -dxlevel 8.1
DirectX 8 : -dxlevel 8
dxlevel 90+ are smooth graphics like 2007 tf2
76561198822179005 Apr 24, 2020 @ 7:19pm 
-dxlevel 100
skibidi (Banned) Apr 24, 2020 @ 7:21pm 
3 necros in this posts history. Wonderful
green Apr 24, 2020 @ 7:21pm 
-dxlevel 69
skibidi (Banned) Apr 24, 2020 @ 7:23pm 
Originally posted by Hunter in the Green Vest:
-dxlevel 69
-dixlevel 69
bacon Jun 2, 2020 @ 6:32am 
if you guys want your games to look better and have better fps than -dxlevel 98 is for you!
sorry for necro
Originally posted by Harrisonbobo:
Originally posted by Hunter in the Green Vest:
-dxlevel 69
-dixlevel 69
-dicslevel 69
OLDMAN🎅 Jun 2, 2020 @ 6:38am 
-dxlevel 90 good performance looks good and it is default
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