CD Projekt Red showcases The Witcher 3 Next-Gen with Ray Tracing, FSR, DLSS, and more

[WYP]

The Witcher 3 has never looked better.



Read more about The Witcher 3's next-gen update.

 

[Dicehunter]

For the TLDR crowd, The PC is getting the following -

-RTGI
-RTAO
-Improved universal screen-space reflections
-Ultra Plus settings i.e even higher settings available than before for rendering distance, Level of detail etc...
-4K textures with help of modder "HalkHogan" along with improved assets like grass, Foliage, Ground, Mud etc...
-Improved tessellation so small rocks, Pebbles, Cobbles etc... actually have 3 dimensional geometry.
-New clouds, Higher res
-DLSS2
-FSR2

 

[Dicehunter]

Update on this, Nvidia today published an article HERE showing The Witcher 3's update will infact include 2 more RT features than previously shown.

• RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI) adds more immersive and realistic outdoor ray-traced lighting

• Ray-traced ambient occlusion improves shading around objects occluding light

• Ray-traced shadows improve the fidelity, clarity and visibility of shadows

• Ray-traced reflections increase the accuracy and quality of reflections on bodies of water and other suitably reflective surfaces

I've been wishing for RT reflections in TW3 for ages

DLSS3 will also be included for the 4000 series.

 

[NeverBackDown]

But isn't a result of shadows being better from GI? Or is this a shadow specific feature that Nvidia has?

 

[Dicehunter]

But isn't a result of shadows being better from GI? Or is this a shadow specific feature that Nvidia has?

Shadow specific.

 

[Dicehunter]

Digital Foundry going into some nice detail about the upcoming update -