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A few weeks ago Khronos announced that it had released the final version of the Vulkan Ray Tracing specification. In our report we noted that the SDK, tools and associated drivers weren't ready but were scheduled to arrive in mid-December. Now Khronos has announced these implementations tools are indeed ready in version 1.2.162.0 and you will find full support for "the new Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions, including Validation Layers and integration of upgraded GLSL, HLSL and SPIR-V shader tool chains," in this release. Khronos has readied not just the aforementioned resource and support files ...

A few weeks ago Khronos announced that it had released the final version of the Vulkan Ray Tracing specification. In our report we noted that the SDK, tools and associated drivers weren't ready but were scheduled to arrive in mid-December. Now Khronos has announced these implementations tools are indeed ready in version 1.2.162.0 and you will find full support for "the new Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions, including Validation Layers and integration of upgraded GLSL, HLSL and SPIR-V shader tool chains," in this release. Khronos has readied not just the aforementioned resource and support files ...

NVIDIA Adds Support for RTX A6000 GPU - Download STUDIO 460.89 Driver Dec 15, 2020 22:15 GMT   ·  Comment      NVIDIA RTX A6000 GPU NVIDIA has announced the availability of its new 460.89 STUDIO graphics update that adds support for the producer’s RTX A6000 GPU model, finalized Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions, CUDA 11.2, as well as implements other changes. Specifically speaking, this release removes the black strip seen in Forza Motorsport 7, adds Color Accuracy Mode and Background Application Max Frame Rate controls in the Control Panel, and includes other improvements as hig...

New Game Ready Driver Released by NVIDIA - Get Quake II RTX 460.89 Update Dec 15, 2020 21:37 GMT   ·  Comment      Quake II RTX with Vulkan Ray Tracing NVIDIA has rolled out a new GeForce graphics driver compatible with several of its GPU models, namely version 460.89, which is the Game Ready release for the Quake II RTX v1.4.0 update that implements support for the new Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions. Therefore, all GPU models that support the Vulkan Ray Tracing technology can experience Quake II RTX in all its path-traced glory on both desktop and notebook system configurations...

Vulkan ray tracing support is finally official, starting with Quake II RTX Yes, even AMD GPUs can run Nvidia's Quake II RTX now. Credit: Nvidia After a slow start, ray tracing continues to spread its wings. What started as a geeky Windows 10 feature now finds a home in the next-gen Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 consoles as well, and on Tuesday, the Khronos Group consortium announced that ray tracing is developer-ready for Vulkan, releasing the long-awaited final extensions. Vulkan is an open, cross-platform alternative to Microsoft’s proprietary DirectX 12 graphics API, used by ...