Quake II – yes, that Quake II – is getting a modern overhaul on June 6 courtesy of NVIDIA's RTX ray tracing. The result, called simply Quake II RTX, overhauls the original with ...

Nvidia and id Software are bringing real-time ray tracing to Quake 2, officially. The release, known as Quake 2 RTX, will be available as a free download for Linux and Windows PC on June 6.

And I thought, man, Quake 2 with ray tracing, which Nvidia released in partnership with Bethesda back in 2019, sure does look pretty cool. I want to play that. Was it $600 cool?

Quake II's RTX ray traced release shows how ray tracing can be relevant to games that don't have photo-realistic graphics. That might be what Nvidia needs to bring more indie developers on board.

Yes, Quake 2 is more compatible with the Nvidia 20XX graphics cards than you might have guessed! How Does It Work? This mod isn’t just a replication of ray-tracing like experience.

Quake II probably isn't the first game you think of when pondering NVIDIA's RTX ray tracing tech, but it's getting an RTX overhaul today.

The Quake 2 demo proves that ray tracing works well in less detailed 3D games. And that means it’s something that today’s indie-game developers could start putting into their games.

If you already own the full game (now priced at $4.99), Quake II RTX will let you experience the full ray-tracing experience across the whole single-player campaign, deathmatch and co-op ...

A few months ago a Quake II mod created by talented Ph.D. student Christoph Schied implemented path tracing (or ray-tracing) to add impressive real-time lighting effects into the aging classic. For ...

Quake II RTX was Nvidia's ray-traced baby at launch, a free overhaul of the popular shooter rendered using a full path tracer, an all encompassing ray tracing solution—powered by Nvidia's VK_NV ...

Nvidia is releasing the first three levels of Quake II RTX for free, shareware-style, on June 6th, and the full game will be available to anyone with a copy of Quake II. Right now that costs $4.99 ...

Any GPU that supports the Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions maintained and developed by the Khronos Group can also run Quake II RTX. On AMD's side of the fence, that support appears to be limited to ...