Microsoft DirectX Raytracing Coming To Windows 7 Game Development

29-08-2019 by
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Microsoft DXR functionality, an extension to DirectX 12, will be part of the same program which aided Blizzard in porting aspects of DirectX 12 to World of Warcraft's Windows 7 client.

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Microsoft, DirectX 12, Windows 7, DXR, ray tracing

Minecraft, Watch Dogs & More To Gain NVIDIA RTX Features

19-08-2019 by
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Gamescom 2019 begins with announcements of NVIDIA RTX integration in upcoming titles including Microsoft's behemoth sandbox game.

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NVIDIA, RTX, ray tracing, DXR, gaming, gamescom2019

NVIDIA To Bring DXR Ray-Tracing To 10- And 16-Series GPUs

19-03-2019 by
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A driver update tentatively scheduled for April will bring support for ray-tracing techniques to Turing and older Pascal GPUs, although RTX will still have the performance crown by a fair margin.

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NVIDIA, DXR, Geforce GTX 10-series, GeForce GTX 16-series, Pascal, Turing, ray tracing

3DMark's Ray Tracing Benchmark Set For January 2019

10-12-2018 by
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The upcoming "Port Royal" addition to UL's 3DMark benchmarking suite should be well equipped to put NVIDIA's RTX 20-series cards through their paces.

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UL, 3DMark, NVIDIA RTX 20-series, ray tracing, DXR, benchmarking

EA Outline Battlefield 5 PC System Requirements, Including Ray-Tracing

01-11-2018 by
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Hardware needs take a strong take a step forward: NVIDIA GeForce RTX makes its first official appearance as a requirement for DirectX Raytracing support.

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EA, DICE, Battlefield 5, system requirements, GeForce RTX, DXR

NVIDIA Adds Support For DirectX Raytracing In GeForce 416.16 Drivers

05-10-2018 by
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The latest WHQL drivers from NVIDIA are optimal for the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (v1806), which introduced the DXR API crucial for real time raytracing in games.

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NVIDIA, drivers, raytracing, DXR, RTX, Windows 10