And the time has finally come. Nixxes has released the highly anticipated RTX patch for Shadow of the Tomb Raider that adds real-time ray tracing, as well as support for Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS).
From what we know so far, Nixxes and NVIDIA have used real-time ray tracing in order to enhance the game’s shadows. As such, PC gamers can expect more realistic shadows from multiple light sources when using RTX.
According to the team, in order to take advantage of the newly introduced real-time ray traced shadows, PC gamers will need Window 10 update 1809 or higher, Nvidia’s RTX 20- series GPU and Nvidia’s latest drivers 419.35 and up.
We’ll be sure to test this patch and report on the performance impact that these real-time ray tracing effects bring to the table on our NVIDIA GeForce RTX2080Ti GPU, so stay tuned for more.
You can find below the complete changelog of the RTX patch for Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider – Patch #13 Release Notes
New features included in this patch:
- Nvidia’s Ray-Traced Shadows
- Support for DLSS.
The following requirements must be met to be able to run Ray-Traced Shadows or DLSS:
- Window 10 update 1809 or higher
- Nvidia’s RTX 20- series GPU
- Nvidia’s latest drivers 419.35 and up.
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Great, we now have a really graphically demanding setting for a game that was already very graphically demanding, is 7 months old, and people forgot about at launch anyways.
Speak for yourself, negative Nancy. I still haven’t played the game and can’t wait 😀
Speak for yourself, gushing Gertrude. I’ve played the game and don’t care. 😀
Great another fps failure plus Vaseline.
I’ll put on the popcorn.
Might replay it when RTX 3080Ti releases in a few months just for ray tracing !
Two years between 1080 and 2080, and you expect the 3080 to be out in a couple months? I’m skeptical.
If it does, it will just be a minor refresh with an even bigger price tag…
yes because rtx 2000 was a failure in sales we also have intel coming soon with gpus and they will be better than nvidia at cheaper price so nvidia will be forced to release 3080 much sooner than they planned and at way cheaper price.
Well, that’s a lovely thought. But, you can’t just drop a product. Many of these things take 4 years or more to create, from initial concept to production.
They can’t just send it out whenever they want. It is ready when it is ready.
Obviously, I can take advantage of rtx when nvidia release patch for gtx 1080ti? I’m correct??
Yeap
If you like slideshows.
Go to Guru3D and they have an article about it and some Nvidia slides comparing the FPS
1080Ti + 16Gb RAM + I9-7900X, 1440p, Ultra RT
Metro Exodus: 18FPS
BFV: 48FPS
TR: 65FPS
yes but performance might be pretty bad.
I’ll get the game when I get a GPU that able to run the game in 4K, @60fps
lmao, who cares about this game though…smh
to be fair, I’m interested to see how it turns out. Always interesting to see new technology developments.
Same here. It wasn’t an amazing game, but it was fine.
I’ll still watching videos of the tech even if I’m not buying into it. It is weird no one is streaming or playing it online since the patch though…
It amazes me how people rant about something that’s optional and probably something that they haven’t got or can never afford yet complain about it. It’s like complaining about a Ferrari and how people can’t use it’s top speed so they wasted their money.
The analogy here is reversed. Owning a Labo, but it runs like the end of a butt.
As per TPU’s review:
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Guru3d has great benchmark, DLSS without RTX does 80fps in 4K. Great for the 120hz monitors
Thanks ! I will check the review soon….
Taken from TechPowerUp’s review:
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Good news,but i don’t want to revisit this game just for trying the Ray tracing effect…
I put it aside till the RTX/DLSS+ALL DLC comes out
Multi-GPU support CONFIRMED! SoTR is the best PC port of the year.
BTW, in other news, RTX it’s coming to Pascal GPUs via a driver update via DXR.
Gamers Nexus:
“NVIDIA’s new driver update adds DXR to the GTX 1060 6GB and up, allowing RTX graphics to run on Pascal and 16-series GPUs.”
Yup, I saw that before as well. Been posted on several other tech sites as well. JOHN already made an article on this news though. You can check it for yourself:
Search for this DSOG article, dated March 19.
“”NVIDIA will enable real-time ray tracing for its GTX 10XX graphics cards via DXR in April”.
System: 16Gb RAM + I9-7900X, 1440p, Ultra Ray Tracing
1080Ti vs RTX2080 NOT using RTX core and then Using RTX Cores
Metro Exodus: 18FPS vs 25FPS vs 50FPS
TR: 30FPS vs 39FPS vs 50FPS
BFV: 48FPS vs 58FPS vs 65FPS
Source: Nvidia slides on Guru3d