If you love old PC games, but wish they had access to modern graphical flourishes, NVIDIA has you covered. The company of its long-awaited RTX Remix tool. This software is and can be used to add ray-tracing and AI-upscaled textures to older games.
Remix was built on NVIDIA’s and allows for end-to-end remastering of just about any DirectX 8 or 9 game. It consists of two basic components. There’s an application for creating new lighting scenarios and one for remastering and adding assets into a scene. The company says that the tool can already be used to fully remaster a game from start to finish, despite it being “just” a beta.
To that end, the software is available for download right now and NVIDIA hopes modders will experiment with the tool and leave feedback, which will be incorporated into future updates. It’s also free, which is always nice.
NVIDIA has released a non-comprehensive which includes classics like Call of Duty 2, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Garry’s Mod, Freedom Fighters, Need for Speed Underground 2, and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, among others. For more information on compatibility,
The software suite has already been used by NVIDIA to create the which is a free DLC, and the modder-made Portal: Prelude RTX. Orbifold Studios is also Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project, which is a community-driven remaster of the iconic title.
Again, this is a free tool, so it’ll be really fun to see what the modding community cooks up with it. I’m personally looking forward to more ray-tracing goodness.
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If you love old PC games, but wish they had access to modern graphical flourishes, NVIDIA has you covered. The company of its long-awaited RTX Remix tool. This software is and can be used to add ray-tracing and AI-upscaled textures to older games.
Remix was built on NVIDIA’s and allows for end-to-end remastering of just about any DirectX 8 or 9 game. It consists of two basic components. There’s an application for creating new lighting scenarios and one for remastering and adding assets into a scene. The company says that the tool can already be used to fully remaster a game from start to finish, despite it being “just” a beta.
To that end, the software is available for download right now and NVIDIA hopes modders will experiment with the tool and leave feedback, which will be incorporated into future updates. It’s also free, which is always nice.
NVIDIA has released a non-comprehensive which includes classics like Call of Duty 2, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Garry’s Mod, Freedom Fighters, Need for Speed Underground 2, and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, among others. For more information on compatibility,
The software suite has already been used by NVIDIA to create the which is a free DLC, and the modder-made Portal: Prelude RTX. Orbifold Studios is also Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project, which is a community-driven remaster of the iconic title.
Again, this is a free tool, so it’ll be really fun to see what the modding community cooks up with it. I’m personally looking forward to more ray-tracing goodness.
This article contains affilate links; if you click such a link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission.