Nvidia bundles Doom: The Dark Ages with RTX 50-series GPUs... if you can find one
Nvidia also unveiled the game's path tracing implementation
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Microsoft DirectX Raytracing 1.2 update promises to boost game performance significantly
New tools could help developers double path tracing performance
Half-Life 2 RTX demo arrives March 18, RTX Remix modding suite leaves beta
Mod tools introduce DLSS 4, multi-frame gen, RTX IO, ray-traced subsurface scattering, and more
Doom: The Dark Ages gameplay details, release date, and system requirements revealed
Hardware-accelerated ray tracing and NVMe storage required
Highly anticipated: As Bethesda and id Software start the final hype cycle before the launch of Doom: The Dark Ages on May 15, the official PC system requirements reveal that ray tracing, a once-optional feature that dramatically reduces frame rates, is increasingly becoming mandatory in major game releases. Notably, the game also requires an NVMe SSD.
Cyberpunk 2077 comes to Apple Silicon next year with path tracing and frame generation
Possibly the first significant ray tracing test for Apple Silicon
Path tracing mods for Deus Ex, Dark Messiah, and Half-Life 2 show stunning progress
Nvidia adds ray reconstruction to RTX Remix path tracing mod framework
Black Myth: Wukong and Naraka Bladepoint receive path tracing, plus RTX updates en route for other titles
Diablo 4 to receive ray tracing on March 26, Star Wars Outlaws adds RTXDI
Highly anticipated: Black Myth: Wukong has been one of the most impressive-looking upcoming games since its initial 2020 unveiling. With the release date a few months away, Nvidia has announced that it will become the third AAA game to employ path tracing. Additionally, the popular free-to-play game Naraka Bladepoint will receive path tracing through an update soon.
Max Payne RTX Remix mod sacrifices 90% of its frame rate for realistic lighting effects
Path tracing brings a GeForce RTX 4080 to its knees
AMD latest beta driver dramatically improves Alan Wake 2 ray tracing performance
RDNA 3 GPUs receive RT performance boosts between 11 and 35 percent
RTX Remix open beta will let modders add ray tracing to classic games later this month
Nvidia shows off new footage of the Half-Life 2 RTX Remix fan remaster
Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing, Explained
#TBT Every few years it seems like there's an amazing new technology with the promise of making games look ever more realistic. We've had shaders, tessellation, shadow mapping, ray tracing – and now there's path tracing.
Testing Nvidia DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction Using Cyberpunk 2.0
The next iteration of Nvidia's DLSS technology has landed and today we're checking out what DLSS 3.5 is and taking a closer look at ray reconstruction, which has been integrated into Cyberpunk 2.0.
Nvidia says resolution upscaling like DLSS (and not native resolution) is the future
Company claims industry will move away from native resolution
ReShade project may bring path tracing to Skyrim and all other DirectX 9 and later games
Path tracing ReShade add-on supports DirectX 9, 10, 11, 12, OpenGL, and Vulkan
Intel wants to optimize real-time path tracing so even integrated GPUs can handle it
Results could be good news for Intel's iGPUs and Arc dedicated GPUs
Even the Nvidia RTX 4090 struggles with Cyberpunk 2077's RT Overdrive mode
Just 19 fps without DLSS 3
Modders discover Portal RTX files can make Half-Life 2 and some other games look stunning
WTF?! Modders are having a field day with Nvidia's RTX Remix tool, and they haven't even gotten their hands on it yet. Apparently, you can take the files that enable RTX Remix in the recent Portal remake and drop them into the .exe folder of other games to give them a less-than-flawless visual upgrade with no further modification. Copyright lawyers are already rolling over in their graves and they aren't even dead yet.
Quake II has received an RTX makeover, now available to download
Look at all the pretty lights!
Watch this: 30-minute live play shows off Minecraft's 'ray tracing' mod in all of its glory
The mod takes a nasty bite out of performance, though