Phantom Blade Zero can run on old GPUs, but you'll need way more for ray tracing
A GTX 1660 hits 30 fps at upscaled 1080p, while an RTX 5080 is recommended for 4K path tracing
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Duke Nukem 3D gets path tracing and DLSS through a new fan-made mod
Improving a 30-year-old classic
Nvidia research promises 2x to 3x faster path tracing with better visuals
Experimental improvements improve image quality in between half and one-third of the frame time
Nvidia shows The Witcher 4 forest demo running path tracing on an RTX 4070
58 frames per second on an RTX 4070 in 1440p with DLSS
Nvidia GDC 2026 roundup: More path-traced games, DLSS 4.5 debut titles, and RTX mega foliage
Path tracing comes to 007 First Light, Control Resonant, Quake III... and Mirror's Edge
In brief: Nvidia is using this year's Game Developers Conference to outline the full launch of DLSS 4.5, add five upcoming games to its list of titles supporting path tracing, and offer an early glimpse at RTX Mega Geometry foliage. The company also provided an update on RTX Remix, highlighting this week's launch of a path-traced version of Quake III Arena.
DirectX just made shader execution reordering official, boosting ray tracing performance in games
Big performance gains for Intel Arc Battlemage and likely next-gen AMD GPUs
RTX Remix breathes new life into Grand Theft Auto 4 with full path tracing
Custom DLL enables RTX Remix support for DirectX 9
Sony and AMD tease PlayStation 6 technology, highlight path tracing and machine learning features
Traditional lighting and rendering technologies have "reached their limit"
Nvidia kicks off Gamescom 2025 with GeForce Now upgrades, new DLSS 4 games, App update
GeForce Now receives RTX 5080 tier and over 2,200 new games
Bolt Graphics claims 13x leap over Nvidia RTX 5090 with less wattage – and huge caveats
Big performance promises, but the numbers don't add up
Nvidia's RTX Remix contest shows how ray tracing can transform classic games, more mods become available
Painkiller, Need for Speed, Colin McCrae Rally 3, Sonic Adventure, and others
F1 25's path tracing demands an RTX 5080 just to hit 1080p with upscaling
Are system requirements charts getting out of hand?
AMD patents hint at significant ray tracing improvements in future GPU architectures
Next-gen UDNA expected to lower the barrier to advanced ray tracing
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
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.
