Fortnite is getting RTX ray tracing graphics

Published at 17/09/2020 at 07:11 By Clémence "Idril" Lemoal

Fortnite PC now supports RTX ray tracing graphics and NVIDIA DLSS technologies, for the lucky owners of the latest graphics cards.

Fortnite is getting RTX ray tracing graphics

Good news for Fortnite PC players: RTX ray tracing and NVIDIA DLSS can be enabled on machines with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (or higher) and DirectX12.

What is ray tracing?

The advanced rendering capability of ray tracing allows new visual and lighting effects previously not possible in Fortnite. With our latest update, we’re delivering improved ambient occlusion, shadows, reflections, and real-time global illumination.

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It's truly in the reflex mode that the main advantage of this technology lies. The RTX "On" significantly changes the perception of glare in large windows. This is almost an advantage in terms of gameplay, since without RTX the shapes of the reflections are limited to shapeless masses.

DLSS Nvidia

In addition to ray tracing, NVIDIA DLSS DLSS boosts performance so you can enjoy ray tracing at higher frame rates. Fortnite features three DLSS options: Quality, Balanced, and Performance. These options control the DLSS rendering resolution, allowing you to choose the right balance between image quality and FPS.

Meanwhile, NVIDIA Reflex delivers the lowest latency in Fortnite. By integrating directly in Fortnite, Reflex Low Latency Mode aligns game engine work to complete just-in-time for rendering, eliminating the GPU render queue and reducing CPU back pressure in GPU intensive scenes.

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Ray tracing system requirements

Minimum sytem requirements

Requires DirectX 12
CPU: 4 cores or more
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or higher (use updated drivers; 450.00 and higher are supported)
Windows 10 version 1903 (May 2019 Update, build number 18362 or newer)

Recommended sytem requirements

Requires DirectX 12
CPU: 8 cores or more
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 or higher (use updated drivers; 450.00 and higher are supported)
Windows 10 version 1903 (May 2019 Update, build number 18362 or newer)

Turning on ray tracing

If your rig can handle ray tracing, open your game settings and take the following steps:

Install the Windows 10 May 2020 (or later) update.
Install the R455 Driver.
Open Settings menu (Esc > Settings):
Scroll down to Advanced Settings and change the DirectX Version to DirectX 12:
DLSS is found at the bottom of Advanced Settings and has three modes: Quality, Balanced, and Performance.
Enable the Ray Tracing option and any or all of the available ray tracing effects:

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