Last week, NVIDIA released a new Path Tracing Tech Demo that everyone can download and try, called Bonsai Diorama. Using the NVIDIA RTX Branch of Unreal Engine (NvRTX), this is an optimized and feature-rich branch that contains all the latest NVIDIA rendering technologies for Unreal Engine devs.
The demo showcases RTX Mega Geometry, along with ReSTIR Path Tracing and DLSS 4. The demo only has one bonsai tree that packs a lot of detail. So, it may not impress some of you who were expecting something like the Zora Demo.
You can go ahead and download the demo from this link. Alongside the Bonsai Diorama Tech Demo, you’ll also find the RTX Amusement Park Demo. That demo features RTX Dynamic Illumination rendering over 1,000 shadow-casting lights in real time. It’s another cool tech demo you can try on your NVIDIA RTX GPU.
Speaking of Unreal Engine 5, I recommend trying out these other free fan-made demos. You can grab a Superman UE5 Demo, a Halo 3: ODST Remake, and a Spider-Man UE5 Demo. There’s also a fan-made version of STALKER in Unreal Engine 5. If you love old-school FPS games, you should check out this remake of the classic FPS Blood in Epic’s engine. For Mario fans, we have this cool Super Mario Galaxy Tech Demo in Unreal Engine 5.
And that’s not all. There is a cool remake of Halo: Combat Evolved’s Halo level in UE5 that you can download. Or how about this free Attack on Titan game? Then we have the fan remakes for Dino Crisis 2 and MediEvil 2. Plus, there is an amazing fan remake of Sonic Adventure 2, called Sonic Adventure 2 Redux. Oh, and let’s not forget the amazing ports of Skyrim and Oblivion.
Owners of high-end GPUs can also try these two tech demos. The first one features a Witcher-like environment. The second shows off a Rome Italian Town. Last month, we also shared a demo of King’s Field 2 in UE5. Finally, we have The Lord of the Rings: Conquest Reimagined in Unreal Engine 5, a remake of Flappy Bird, a demo for Need for Speed: Underground 2, and a Diablo 2 Remake Demo. They all look awesome, so be sure to give them a try.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
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Can't wait until the AI bubble explodes, and Nvidia can no longer afford to be the most arrogant company on the planet.
$2,000+ RTX GPU. And they want to push even more expensive Path Tracing.
Kindly f off.
It will not burst before the mass realizes AI is not what they think it is. At this point, low IQ iliterate boomers are the main force/buying power behind Nasdaq's bubble. I've seen rytarded Youtubers overhype AGIs too, can't wait to captilize on their lowIQ and stupidity.
Nvidia won't get hurt much, they just won't sell as much product. It's the corporations who bought Nvidia's and AMD's products that will take the huge loses since they won't get any return on their investments.
For me to lose money on my Nvidia stock the price would have to drop below $12.20 a share and that's just never going to happen
i will not buy another Nvidia GPU until they Sell me an 80 Ti for 700$ brand new without fake MSRP
believe me it will come, the AI market is a circus of fake money going around in a closed loop
China doesn't want Nvidia old GPUs, the AI companies will soon have to face the music and generate profit or go bankrupt.
TPUs, NPUs, …etc domain specific ASIC AI accelerators is the way to go for AI going forward. because buying millions of overpriced GPUs that requires gigawatts of electricity to sell 20$ / month chat bots is not going to last.
And when the AI market crashes Nvidia share will be even lower valued than Intel, because a fabless GPU company that is losing to ASICs in the data center and have damaged their brand in the mainstream gaming market, and with engineers that are retiring left and right because they got so rich from the stock shares, is a company on life support
NvRtx is the engine of Arc Raiders, so how come there isn't more games being developed in this engine, since it's well regarded as optimized?
Hi, actually NvRTX is not a game engine per se, but a custom branch of Unreal Engine being developed by NVIDIA (in case of any confusion).
ARC Raiders uses a customized version of Unreal Engine 5/UE5, just like other UE 5 games out there.
NVRTX framework is just used for integrating RTX technologies like Ray tracing/RTX (GI/DI), Mega geometry, and DLSS in games.
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It's likely that CDPR will be using it in their The Witcher 4 game as they have partnered with both Epic and Nvidia on customizing UE5
I get what you are saying, i’m just wondering why devs are not making use of this branch, other than Arc Raiders AFAIK.
I want to see more of this in games rather than the console slop we are getting.
You're still going to get slop even with these features.
Yes, but wishing for it is a fools game.
I'll just leave it here:
https://youtu.be/qZtNU-4yqtI
Strange, this seems performant compared to what it does – While the UE5 nanite & lumen don't in the hands of the monkey devs of today – Strange isn't it!
What a waste.