NVIDIA 418.52.05 Linux Driver Brings Vulkan Ray-Tracing To Non-RTX GPUs

[phoronix]

Phoronix: NVIDIA 418.52.05 Linux Driver Brings Vulkan Ray-Tracing To Non-RTX GPUs

As we've been expecting from NVIDIA's recent DXR ray-tracing support back-ported to Pascal/Volta GPUs, there's now a NVIDIA Linux driver beta that offers VK_NV_ray_tracing for pre-Turing graphics processors...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-418.52.05-Released

[eydee]

Here's a list of linux programs taking advantage of this extension:

[cl333r]

Here's a list of linux programs taking advantage of this extension:

You forgot about the lesser known programs:

[tildearrow]

Here's a list of linux programs taking advantage of this extension:

Awesome! Let's play some "".

[b8e5n]

Cool, now we have have 3 fps instead of 60

[lem79]

Awesome! Let's play some "".

Did you just correct to ""?

[skeevy420]

So will this eventually be useful for playing BFV with Wine? AFAIK, that's one of the few things that both has ray tracing and works on Linux.

I have an AMD card so this doesn't even effect me, but I'm curious none-the-less.

[sebastianlacuesta]

So will this eventually be useful for playing BFV with Wine? AFAIK, that's one of the few things that both has ray tracing and works on Linux.

I have an AMD card so this doesn't even effect me, but I'm curious none-the-less.

You will have to wait until dx12 is usable for gaming in wine. This all of this RT thing is not available in dx11 but in dx12 AFAIK.

[DanL]

What about the Quake II remake? https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...e-2-Path-Trace
You can experience the great nostalgia of trying to play Quake II on low-end hardware with modem lag!

[ThoreauHD]

Seems to be more of a symbolic gesture, since only the 2080ti can run RT without a sub-60 fps slideshow. I guess they are trying to buffer against the mid-tier with Navi in the wings.