Cyberpunk 2077 Will Look Shinier Than Ever at GDC 2023 Thanks to Visual Upgrade
CD Projekt Red has revealed plans to showcase its RT: Overdrive mode featuring path tracing for Cyberpunk 2077 during a GDC 2023 panel. Cyberpunk 2077 is already one of the video game market's most visually impressive releases. It launched in 2020 with full support for optional visual features including ray tracing, ray-traced reflections, ray-traced diffuse illumination, and more. But there are always opportunities to improve, and Cyberpunk 2077's RT Overdrive mode appears to be another step forward.
Even with support for ray tracing available at Cyberpunk 2077's launch, CD Projekt Red has continued to make improvements to the game as its able. DLSS users on modern Nvidia GPUs just recently received an update to DLSS 3, with DLSS Super Resolution and DLSS Frame Generation technology. The addition led Nvidia to claim that PC gamers with RTX 40 series GPUs would be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 with every setting, including ray-tracing options, maxed out.
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As GPU performance and features enable PCs to allow for visual improvements, developers like CD Projekt Red continue to push boundaries. An example of what it's working on has been announced for GDC 2023 in a panel named Cyberpunk 2077 RT: Overdrive — Bringing Path Tracing into the Night City, in partnership with Nvidia. The panel will showcase a demo of what Cyberpunk 2077 looks like with RTX Path Tracing technology implemented.
RTX Path Tracing is an Nvidia software development kit combining real-time ray tracing with neural graphics development to create real-time path-traced tracers. Imagine the path a beam of light takes as it reflects through a window and off reflective surfaces. CD Projekt Red can use this technology
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