EVGA

NVIDIA is giving away the 'Quake II' ray-tracing demo on June 6th

Author
Post
Essentials Only Full Version
rjohnson11
EVGA Forum Moderator
  • Total Posts : 102262
  • Reward points : 0
  • Joined: 2004/10/05 12:44:35
  • Location: Netherlands
  • Status: offline
  • Ribbons : 84
2019/05/27 01:26:41 (permalink)
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/27/nvidia-is-giving-away-the-quake-ii-ray-tracing-demo-on-june-6t/
 
Earlier this year, a team inside NVIDIA took Quake II and ran it through its ray tracing system to see if the 1997 title could be gussied up. The resulting tech demo, shown off at GDC, received more than half a million YouTube videos and more than a little hype. From June 6th, the company will allow people to play a limited version of the game — Quake II RTX — for free.
 
 

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X,  Corsair Mp700 Pro M.2, 64GB Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5  X670E Steel Legend, MSI RTX 4090 Associate Code: H5U80QBH6BH0AXF. I am NOT an employee of EVGA

#1

6 Replies Related Threads
    Hoggle
    EVGA Forum Moderator
    • Total Posts : 10101
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2003/10/13 22:10:45
    • Location: Eugene, OR
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 4
    Re: NVIDIA is giving away the 'Quake II' ray-tracing demo on June 6th 2019/05/27 01:46:21 (permalink)
    It does make the game look a lot better. I am not sure I would play the whole game again but I do have the cd sitting around so I might see how it looks.

    Use an Associates Code & SAVE 5% - 10% on your purchase. Just click on the associates banner to save, or enter the associates code at checkout on your next purchase. If you choose to use my code I want to personally say "Thank You" for using it. 
     
     
    #2
    gutcheck
    CLASSIFIED Member
    • Total Posts : 3665
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2006/11/04 17:45:34
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 9
    Re: NVIDIA is giving away the 'Quake II' ray-tracing demo on June 6th 2019/05/27 20:02:08 (permalink)
    Ah a game with good FPS with RT!

    3900X 4.5 GHZ on an Asus Hero
    32 GB 3600 MHZ Corsair RGB Pro DDR4 RAM
    1 EVGA 3090 XC3 soon to be Watercooled
    2 2GB Corsair MP600's
    HX1000 with custom sleaving
    #3
    Hoggle
    EVGA Forum Moderator
    • Total Posts : 10101
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2003/10/13 22:10:45
    • Location: Eugene, OR
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 4
    Re: NVIDIA is giving away the 'Quake II' ray-tracing demo on June 6th 2019/05/27 20:18:26 (permalink)
    gutcheck
    Ah a game with good FPS with RT!


    I would wonder about that since the game wasn’t optimized for todays hardware and adding support for ray tracing to an old game could cause a major hit.

    Use an Associates Code & SAVE 5% - 10% on your purchase. Just click on the associates banner to save, or enter the associates code at checkout on your next purchase. If you choose to use my code I want to personally say "Thank You" for using it. 
     
     
    #4
    aka_STEVE_b
    EGC Admin
    • Total Posts : 17692
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2006/02/26 06:45:46
    • Location: OH
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 69
    Re: NVIDIA is giving away the 'Quake II' ray-tracing demo on June 6th 2019/05/28 07:29:45 (permalink)
    I think I read somewhere  that it is only the first 3 levels.... for free. ,...but owners of it previously it works in the entire game for them.
     
     
    Funny thing is that this ancient game in RTX will probably help sell more new RTX cards than the few junk games currently doing it...

    AMD RYZEN 9 5900X  12-core cpu~ ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero ~ EVGA RTX 3080 Ti FTW3~ G.SKILL Trident Z NEO 32GB DDR4-3600 ~ Phanteks Eclipse P400s red case ~ EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G+ PSU ~ Intel 660p M.2 drive~ Crucial MX300 275 GB SSD ~WD 2TB SSD ~CORSAIR H115i RGB Pro XT 280mm cooler ~ CORSAIR Dark Core RGB Pro mouse ~ CORSAIR K68 Mech keyboard ~ HGST 4TB Hd.~ AOC AGON 32" monitor 1440p @ 144Hz ~ Win 10 x64
    #5
    knightsilver
    Omnipotent Enthusiast
    • Total Posts : 9430
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2008/11/21 13:42:06
    • Location: Nebraska
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 14
    Re: NVIDIA is giving away the 'Quake II' ray-tracing demo on June 6th 2019/05/30 11:12:19 (permalink)
    Bogus!
     
    Should of just given the game out for free, not just limited demo.  Really want to push Raytracing, lets not go the way Nvidia did with G-sync, sometimes large companies dont learn....
    #6
    ManBearPig
    CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
    • Total Posts : 6130
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2007/10/31 12:02:13
    • Location: Imaginationland
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 20
    Re: NVIDIA is giving away the 'Quake II' ray-tracing demo on June 6th 2019/05/31 12:21:01 (permalink)
    Well I definitely will be downloading this. Who doesn't own Quake II 20+ years later?


     
    #7
    Jump to:
  • Back to Mobile