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NVIDIA Unveils DLSS 3.5 Support For Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws And More, Several RTX Titles

by Rainier on March 14, 2024 @ 6:00 a.m. PDT

The annual Game Developers Conference kicks off next week, and NVIDIA has unveiled several new DLSS and RTX titles.

Black Myth: Wukong and NARAKA: BLADEPOINT Getting DLSS 3.5 Upgrades

At GDC, NVIDIA announced a pair of new titles will be getting big image quality and performance upgrades with DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction technology and full ray tracing, giving GeForce gamers the definitive experience. The highly anticipated Black Myth: Wukong will launch on August 20th. NARAKA: BLADEPOINT will add Full Ray Tracing soon to three areas which are accessible through both PVP and PVE modes, with further areas receiving upgrades over time.

Star Wars Outlaws To Launch with NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ray Tracing and Reflex

NVIDIA has partnered with Ubisoft and Lucasfilm Games to deliver the definitive PC experience for Star Wars Outlaws players, leveraging the game-changing technologies of GeForce RTX GPUs to enhance graphics, accelerate performance, and make gameplay even more responsive.

Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars game, set between the events of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, coming later this year, enhanced with NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ray Tracing and Reflex. It will also be available in the cloud on GeForce NOW.

Portal with RTX DLSS 3.5 & RTX IO Update Available Now

Portal with RTX was the first game built using NVIDIA RTX Remix, a transformative modding tool that enables modders to upgrade and remaster classic games. Portal with RTX reimagines Valve’s timeless classic using full ray tracing, also known as path tracing, to accurately model the real-world properties of light.

At launch, Portal with RTX featured NVIDIA DLSS 3 with Frame Generation and Super Resolution.

Today, Portal with RTX is upgrading to NVIDIA DLSS 3.5, leveraging its AI-powered Ray Reconstruction technology to improve the fidelity of full ray tracing, and the responsiveness of dynamic lighting effects. Using NVIDIA DLSS 3.5, frame rates on the GeForce RTX 4090 are multiplied by 6.2X, and on the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, gamers receive a 6.7X boost, enabling gameplay at over 100 and 70 frames per second, respectively.

At 2560x1440, a 4.7X performance multiplier enables owners of the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, 4070 Ti SUPER, 4080, 4080 SUPER and 4090 to max everything out and play at over 80 FPS, and up to 160 FPS on the GeForce RTX 4090.

And at 1920x1080, a 3.6X performance multiplier enables owners of virtually all GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics cards to play at over 70 FPS, with frame rates climbing rapidly as you move up the stack, all the way up to 210 FPS on the GeForce RTX 4090.

NVIDIA RTX IO made its debut alongside the free Portal: Prelude RTX NVIDIA RTX Remix mod, and is now available in Portal with RTX. NVIDIA RTX IO enables fast GPU-based loading and game asset decompression, massively accelerating IO performance compared to hard drives and traditional storage APIs. NVIDIA RTX IO leverages GPU decompression for smaller data packages, enabling faster texture load times and lower CPU utilization, and allows developers to create a new generation of games with massive highly detailed worlds. With NVIDIA RTX IO texture load timeshare reduced by up to 5X, and reduces the disk drive footprint of Portal with RTX by 37%.

The Portal with RTX NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 and RTX IO update is available on Steam now, for free for all Portal owners. 

Diablo IV Ray Tracing Update Arrives March 26th

Diablo IV will be getting an image quality upgrade on March 26th with the addition of a pair of ray-traced effects. Armor, water, windows, and other suitably reflective surfaces will now feature accurate, realistic ray-traced reflections and ray-traced transparent reflections. The many shadows of Diablo IV will be enhanced with ray tracing, adding extra detail to all scenes.

Since the game’s launch in June 2023,GeForce RTX gamers have been accelerating performance by 2.5X on average at 4K in Diablo IV, thanks to the inclusion of DLSS 3. And with NVIDIA Reflex, system latency was reduced by up to 67%, for the most responsive gameplay possible.

Other RTX Game News:

  • Sengoku Dynasty - in early access now with DLSS 3. At 4K, max settings, DLSS 3 multiplies frame rates by an average of 2X, enabling the GeForce RTX 4070 to comfortably exceed 60 FPS. And on faster GPUs performance surpasses 100 FPS, topping out at 160 FPS on the GeForce RTX 4090. At 2560x1440, a 1.7X performance multiplier enables all GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs to run at over 60 FPS with all settings maxed. On the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, and above, frame rates exceed 120, while the GeForce RTX 4090 hits 200.
  • Outcast - A New Beginning - launches March 15th With DLSS 2 & DLAA.
  • The First Berserker: Khazan - launches soon with NVIDIA DLSS 3 and Reflex.
  • NVIDIA RTX Remix Open Beta - DLSS 3.5 with Ray Reconstruction is coming soon, enabling all modders to upgrade their work.
  • The Finals - Season 2 launches today March 14 and includes DLSS 3, RTXGI, and Reflex. 

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