Latest NVIDIA driver update brings ray tracing to GeForce GTX cards

GTX 1080

NVIDIA appear last calendar month that it was bringing ray tracing to GeForce GTX cards, and the manufacturer is at present rolling out the feature in the latest Game Ready driver. The Pascal-based GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and above can now run ray tracing instructions on traditional shader cores, and while the performance isn't going to be on par with RTX cores — which have dedicated RT cores — it unlocks new functionality for NVIDIA'southward terminal-gen cards.

Equally a refresher, here'south the full list of GPUs that are picking up ray tracing today:

GTX 1060 6GB
GTX 1070
GTX 1070 Ti
GTX 1080
GTX 1080 Ti
Titan Ten
Titan XP
GTX 1660
GTX 1660 Ti

Not sure what the deal is with DXR? NVIDIA'southward explainer goes into the basics on how ray tracing is currently being implemented:

NVIDIA too shared a few benchmarks to give those running GTX GPUs an gauge of the kind of performance they will get. Metro Exodus on an RTX 2080 Ti at 1440p with DLSS enabled gives 65.7fps, whereas on a GTX 1080 Ti y'all get just 16.4fps. It's a similar story with the rest of the benchmarks:

In improver to the drivers, NVIDIA is rolling out a trio of tech demos that showcase real-time ray tracing's potential:

Atomic Centre RTX tech demo – Atomic Eye tech demo is a beautifully detailed tech demo from Mundfish that features ray traced reflections and shadows, as well as NVIDIA DLSS technology.

Justice tech demo — Justice tech demo hails from Communist china, and features ray traced reflections, shadows, and NVIDIA DLSS technology. It is the first time that existent fourth dimension ray tracing has been used for caustics.

Reflections tech demo — The Reflections tech demo was created by Ballsy Games in collaboration with ILMxLAB and NVIDIA. Reflections offers a sneak peek at gaming'due south cinematic future with a stunning, witty demo that showcases ray-traced reflections, ray-traced area light shadows, ray-traced ambience apoplexy for characters and NVIDIA DLSS technology.

You'll be able to view the demos on NVIDIA's website, and grab the latest Game Ready driver from the link below. If you're looking at a GPU upgrade, be sure to check out our best graphics card picks.

Download GeForce Game Ready drivers

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