AI texture compression and DXR 1.2 deliver performance gains

Nvidia's RTX Neural Texture Compression (NTC) has taken a big leap forward thanks to Microsoft’s DirectX Cooperative Vector support in the latest DirectX Raytracing 1.2 update. Early tests show a dramatic reduction in VRAM consumption while delivering a major performance uplift.

Better than traditional systems or AVIF and JPEG-XL

The GPU maker named after a Roman vengeance daemon, Nvidia has published a paper which details a new algorithm for texture compression which could reduce system requirements for future AAA titles.