


Between that and VXAO, hopefully you’ve got at least a few hours of the campaign left to enjoy PC gaming in top form. Why this matters: Although Rise of the Tomb Raider isn’t the first out of the gate with DirectX 12 support, it’s arguably the best showcase yet for the new tech, given that it’s an entirely new game and not just a remake. The latest GeForce Game Ready driver is now available on Nvidia’s website.

The new Rise of the Tomb Raider patch is available now through Steam, and is coming soon to the Windows Store version of the game. It’ll only work on Maxwell-based graphics card in DirectX 11 mode, however. Nvidia says VXAO is more accurate and more detailed than existing space-based solutions such as SSAO and HBAO, and provides a smoother response to camera motion, but it’s also computationally heavy. As for VXAO, Nvidia is still being cagey about the details-the company is promising a detailed breakdown at the Game Developers Conference this month-but basically it breaks down surfaces into voxels to determine how lighting and shadows should look.
