Got an NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphic card? Now you can run 3DMark Port Royal too.
NVIDIA released new drivers today that add DirectX Raytracing support to GeForce GTX series GPUs, starting with the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and running up to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.
With these new drivers and our 3DMark Port Royal benchmark test, you can now measure and compare the real-time ray tracing performance of GTX cards, which use general-purpose shader cores for ray tracing, and RTX cards, which have dedicated hardware support for ray tracing.
3DMark Port Royal ray tracing benchmark
3DMark Port Royal is the world’s first dedicated real-time ray tracing benchmark for gamers.
You can use Port Royal to test and compare the real-time ray tracing performance of graphics cards that support Microsoft DirectX Raytracing—which now includes NVIDIA GeForce GTX series cards from the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB up to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.
Port Royal uses DirectX Raytracing to enhance reflections, shadows, and other effects that are difficult to achieve with traditional rendering techniques.
You can use Custom Run settings to make the Port Royal test more, or less, demanding to see how it affects performance on graphics cards that don't have dedicated hardware for ray tracing.
3DMark - the Gamer's Benchmark
Port Royal is included when you buy 3DMark from Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/223850/3DMark/
3DMark Port Royal upgrade
If you already own 3DMark—but you bought it before January 8, 2019—you'll need to buy the Port Royal upgrade. You can find out more about 3DMark updates and upgrades here.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/496103/3DMark_Port_Royal_upgrade/
NVIDA Game Ready Driver
You can download the new Game Ready Driver and find out more about ray tracing on NVIDIA GeForce GTX series graphics cards here.