New GeForce Game Ready driver supports ray tracing
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Key notes
- NVIDIA released a new GeForce Game Ready driver, which supports multiple DirectX 12 Ultimate capabilities, including ray tracing.
- DirectX 12 Ultimate is a unifying standard that enables developers to optimize their titles for next-gen experiences.
- Don't hesitate to check out the DirectX 12 page for guides to updating or installing the API, and more!
- You may also visit the Drivers page to discover the latest Windows 10 driver updates and troubleshooting solutions.
NVIDIA released a new GeForce Game Ready driver, which supports multiple DirectX Ultimate capabilities, including ray tracing.
In case you’re wondering what ray tracing is, it’s a rendering technique that generates hyper-realistic, cinema-quality lighting effects in video games. Also, it’s one of the advanced technologies that Microsoft’s Xbox Series X features.
NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready driver
The GeForce Game Ready driver version 451.48 is available for download.
According to NVIDIA, the driver comes with full support for DirectX 12 Ultimate.
With the release of today’s new GeForce Game Ready driver, DirectX 12 Ultimate and its features are fully supported on GeForce RTX GPUs on Windows 10 operating systems using version 2004 or newer.
While Windows 10 2004 brings many impressive fresh features, only a few of them are gaming-focused. But gamers have something to smile about DirectX 12 Ultimate, which comes with the new OS.
The application programming interface (API) boasts support for all next-gen graphics hardware features. So, besides, ray tracing, it supports sampler feedback, variable rate shading, and mesh shaders technologies.
There are dozens of video games that utilize techniques like ray tracing, for example, The Medium. Microsoft highlighted some of those during its first Xbox 20/20 event.
DirectX 12 Ultimate is also a piece of amazing news from the perspective of developers. Not only does it harmonize graphics across devices, but it also accelerates games development.
As a unifying standard, it enables developers to optimize their titles for next-gen experiences. For example, there are Xbox Series X-optimized games even before the next-gen console launches.
Similarly, GPU makers are now able to create DX 12 Ultimate graphics cards that are ready for next-gen games. Of course, GeForce RTX is a perfect case in point.
So, if you buy a console or PC with a DX 12 Ultimate GPU today, you can be sure that it offers day-of-launch support for video games.
What do you feel about the GeForce RTX GPU and its new Game Ready driver? Feel free to let us know via the comments section below.
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