GTC 22: NVIDIA Ada Lovelace, GeForce RTX 40 series graphics processors, and DLSS 3...
Today, at GTC 22, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang hosted a special stream of GeForce Beyond. Below is a summary of the news from this event.
NVIDIA Takes a Quantum Leap in Performance and Unleashes a New Era of Neural Rendering with GeForce RTX 40
NVIDIA has unveiled the GeForce RTX 40 series of GPUs designed to deliver revolutionary performance for gaming and creativity.
The world's first RTX 40 GPUs, based on the new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, provide a significant leap in performance and efficiency and represent a new era of real-time ray tracing and neural rendering that uses artificial intelligence to generate pixels. The new GPUs include the GeForce RTX 4090, available October 12 starting at $1,599, and the 16GB and 12GB versions of the GeForce RTX 4080, which will be available in November starting at $1,199 and $899, respectively.
NVIDIA Introduces DLSS 3, Revolutionary AI-Driven Frame Creation Technology for Up to 4x Performance
GeForce RTX 40 GPUs support DLSS 3, which boosts AI performance dramatically, ushering in a new era of NVIDIA RTX™ neural rendering for games and apps.
DLSS 3 builds on the company's leadership in AI-assisted super-resolution technologies to deliver outstanding image quality and up to 4x faster performance than classic rendering.
Relying on new 4th generation Tensor Cores and a new optical flow accelerator in GeForce RTX 40 GPUs, DLSS 3 is the latest iteration of the critically acclaimed Deep Learning Super Sampling technology and introduces a new capability called Optical Multi Frame Generation.
Optical Multi Frame Generation creates completely new frames, not just pixels, for amazing performance gains. Since DLSS frame generation is done as post-processing on the GPU, it can increase frame rates even if the game performance is CPU limited.
Game developers are already rolling out DLSS 3 support with over 35 games and apps coming soon
The revolutionary power of DLSS 3 is an asset for game developers who want to express their artistic vision. The technology is being added to the most popular game engines such as Unity and Unreal Engine. DLSS 3 has also received support from many of the world's leading game developers, with more than 35 games and applications announced to support it.
Portal now supports RTX!
NVIDIA Lightspeed Studios has reimagined Valve's iconic video game Portal, considered one of the best video games of all time. Advanced graphics features such as full ray tracing and DLSS 3 give the game a whole new look and feel. Portal with RTX will be released as free official downloadable content for the classic platformer with RTX graphics in November, just in time for the game's 15th anniversary.
Portal with RTX made possible by NVIDIA RTX Remix
Portal with RTX is made possible by NVIDIA's new RTX Remix modding platform, which also debuted in today's GeForce Beyond special stream on GTC. "Mod" - short for "modification" - is new in-game content that is created by players, not developers. RTX Remix is an NVIDIA Omniverse-powered modding platform that lets you create stunning RTX remasters of classic games. RTX Remix allows modders to easily capture game assets, automatically enhance materials with powerful AI tools, and quickly enable RTX with ray tracing and DLSS.
Light-Speed Creativity: GeForce RTX 40 Series Graphics Cards Deliver 2X Performance in 3D Rendering, AI, and Video Export for Gamers and Creators
The RTX 40 and DLSS 3 series GPUs also provide benefits for content creators with NVIDIA Studio. 3D artists can render full ray-traced scenes with accurate physics and realistic materials, and view changes in real time without a proxy.
Streamers and video editors also benefit from a significant increase in workflow speed. Two new video encoders cut video export time in half. And the eighth generation NVIDIA encoder adds support for AV1, enhancing the quality of live broadcasts. The NVIDIA Broadcast Software Development Kit contains three updates now available to partners, including facial expression evaluation, eye contact, and virtual background enhancements.
Breakthrough AI technologies such as AI image generators and new video editing tools in DaVinci Resolve are driving a new wave of creativity. The ultra-fast GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 4080 graphics cards usher in the next stage of the AI revolution, delivering up to 2x the performance of the previous generation.
1440p 360 FPS competitive gaming with new GeForce RTX 40 and NVIDIA Reflex graphics cards
The new GeForce RTX 40 GPUs are blazing fast, capable of delivering 360fps on 1440p 360Hz monitors, with system latency as low as 10ms in the best esports games. Whether you're playing on a GeForce PC or laptop, NVIDIA Reflex reduces system latency in over 40 games, including 8 of the top 10 competitive shooters.
8 more Reflex games just announced including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Cyberpunk 2077, Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed, Loopmancer, Overwatch 2, Scathe, SUPER PEOPLE, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and more in development.
DLSS 3 integration also includes NVIDIA Reflex, which synchronizes the GPU and CPU for optimal responsiveness and low system latency.
Where can I buy
The GeForce RTX 4090 and 4080 GPUs will be available in a variety of flavors, including stock clocked and factory overclocked models, from leading graphics card manufacturers such as ASUS, Colorful, Gainward, Galaxy, GIGABYTE, Innovision 3D, MSI, Palit, PNY and Zotac.
The RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 (16GB) are also being produced by NVIDIA in limited Founders Editions for fans who want to purchase graphics cards in NVIDIA's own designs.
Look for GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs in gaming PCs built by Acer, Alienware, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and MSI, the world's leading PC manufacturers and more.