‘Portal with RTX’ is here! GeForce Gamers Are Ready For ‘Portal With RTX’ & ‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’ Next Gen Update

GeForce gamers should download the new GeForce Game Ready driver for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which gets a next-gen makeover with NVIDIA DLSS 3 and Jurassic World Evolution 2 for the best experience.

Game Ready for Portal with RTX!
NVIDIA has reimagined Valve’s iconic video game Portal, widely regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time, with advanced graphics features such as advanced ray tracing, NVIDIA DLSS 3, NVIDIA Reflex and more to give the game a striking new look and feel . Portal with RTX is now available as free, official downloadable content (DLC) for the classic platform game.

Game Ready for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Next Gen Update!
On December 14, all The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt PC players will receive a free update that adds several gameplay changes, new quest content, and new graphical features that take full advantage of the latest PCs and laptops.

Here’s what you can expect:RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI) adds more immersive and realistic outdoor ray traced lighting.Ray traced ambient occlusion improves shadow around objects that cover lightRay traced shadows improve shadow fidelity, clarity and visibility.Ray traced reflections increase the accuracy and quality of reflections on bodies of water and other sufficiently reflective surfaces. Ultra+ settings increase draw distances, foliage density, background character detail, asset quality, and more. Texture resolutions are increased and environments take on new geometric details
The game also adds DLSS 3 to multiply performance and NVIDIA Reflex to minimize latency.

In addition to the paid DLC, there is a free update for all existing players, which includes DLSS 3 and a range of new features including attack and eating behaviors for smaller species, five campaign levels that can now be played as challenge maps, a range of new skin and pattern colors for certain dinosaur variants and a range of quality of life improvements.

Ray tracing continues to change the game this holiday season!
Portal with RTX, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Jurassic World Evolution 2 are just the latest examples of how ray tracing has influenced games. In recent years, ray tracing has revolutionized the way lighting is done in PC games and dramatically increased consumers’ visual expectations for their most anticipated games.

Today there are more than 100 games and more than 70 applications available with ray tracing support. The most anticipated games this holiday season will feature ray traced lighting, including:A Plague Tale: RequiemCyberpunk 2077Dying Light 2 Stay HumanResident Evil VillageF1 22Forza Horizon 5ICARUSJurassic World Evolution 2Marvel’s Midnight SunsMarvel’s Spider-Man: Miles MoralesMarvel’s Spider-Man: RemasteredMinecraft with RTXPortal with RTXSackboy: A Big AdventureSaints Row (2022)The Callisto ProtocolThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (14/12)Warhammer 40,000: Darktide World of Warcraft: DragonflightGamers need to make sure their next GPU is ready for today’s best games and is ‘future proof’ — that GPU must have ALL three components: dedicated RT cores powerful enough to handle ray tracing effects an AI-driven performance booster, such as NVIDIA DLSS a ton of raster power
About Game Ready Drivers
GeForce Game Ready Drivers deliver the best experience for your favorite games because they’ve been fine-tuned in collaboration with developers and extensively tested on thousands of desktop and laptop hardware configurations for maximum performance and reliability.

NVIDIA’s Game Ready Driver program was built from the ground up as a method to provide the best possible gaming experience. This program creates a synergy with game developers and ensures a regular exchange of pre-release builds and drivers. We work together to find optimizations and bug fixes, and iterate builds accordingly to ensure that both the game and the Game Ready Driver deliver the highest quality and performance at launch.