Ray-traced reflections and lighting are supported on Nvidia’s RTX Series GPUs, though gameplay will be revealed later. Ray tracing requires an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6800. As with Diablo 4, it’s unknown if Xbox Series X and PS5 players also get access to ray tracing.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 launches on March 22nd and retails for $70 (becoming Capcom’s first title with the price tag). Set in an alternate world with humans, Beastren, and Elves, the long-awaited sequel sees the return of Pawns, who follow the player and assist in combat while also having Specializations. Check out the latest gameplay here, which showcases the Fighter, Thief, Warrior, and Sorcerer Vocations in action.

Those with GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs won’t have to wait long to try DLSS 3. It will be available when Diablo 4 launches, but unfortunately, open beta players won’t have it available in the coming days. Here’s hoping that actual gameplay with DLSS 3 enabled is showcased before release.

Diablo 4 launches on June 6th for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC. The development team has already confirmed ray tracing to arrive in a post-launch update. As for the open beta, it starts on March 17th to 19th for those who pre-ordered. Everyone else can try it out for free from March 24th to 26th. Head here for more details.

DLSS 3 is exclusive to the GeForce RTX 40 Series of GPUs and adds DLSS Frame Generation to boost performance. While Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling is on by default in Windows 11, Windows 10 users must press the Windows key and type “graphics.”

Hit Enter and the Graphics settings menu should open up. The option “Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling” is at the top – toggle it on and restart your PC to use it. CD Projekt RED recommends enabling upscaling via DLSS on GPUs with 16 GB or less VRAM and at 1440p or higher resolution.

Cyberpunk 2077 is available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, and PC. Its first (and last) paid expansion, Phantom Liberty, still doesn’t have a release date. However, the developer confirmed that it has the biggest budget for an expansion in its history. Stay tuned for more updates in the coming weeks.

An update for #Cyberpunk 2077 is out on PC. It adds support for NVIDIA DLSS 3 and NVIDIA Reflex on compatible hardware.

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As for Portal with RTX, it also features high resolution physically based textures which are hand-crafted and high-poly models. Nvidia DLSS 3 is used to enhance performance, while latency is reduced using Nvidia Reflex. The ray tracing applies to every light source, from global illumination indirect lighting to volumetric ray-traced lighting that scatters in fog and smoke with perfect shadows.

It also features some new Nvidia tech, like RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI) for “countless direct light sources, big and small, each casting light and shadows.” There’s also Reservoir Spatio Temporal Importance Resampling Global Illumination (ReSTIR GI) which “enhances indirect light, enabling it to bathe a scene and illuminate dark corners that are not lit directly.” This is supposed to work “smarter” than past ray-traced global illumination tech.

Check out the comparison trailer below to see it all in action.

The RTX 4080 starts at $900 for 12 GB G6X RAM, which features a boost clock of 2.61 GHz, and 7680 CUDA cores. The 16 GB GDDR6X RAM version costs $1200 with a boost clock of 2.51 GHz, and 9728 CUDA cores. It’s estimated to be two to four times faster than an RTX 3080 Ti, with both variants capable of outputting at 7680×4320 resolution.

The RTX 40 Series is built on a new architecture called Ada Lovelace, which is twice as fast in rasterization and four times faster in ray tracing than Ampere. The GPUs are also more energy efficient.

If that weren’t enough, Nvidia also announced DLSS 3. Along with massive performance increases, it uses AI for generating high-quality frames. A new video has been released, with comparisons for titles like Cyberpunk 2077 and Microsoft Flight Simulator with RTX On and RTX Off, and the differences are staggering.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 is available from October 12th, while the RTX 4080 is coming in November. Stay tuned for more details in the meantime.