NVIDIA Shows ‘Wolfenstein: Youngblood’ With RTX Ray Tracing On ARM

NVIDIA recently said it’s working with MediaTek to bring RTX graphics to ARM-based laptops, and now it’s shown what that could look like for gamers. At the Game Developers Conference (GDC), he unveiled a tech demo with an RTX-powered MediaTek ARM processor running Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

NVIDIA first presented real-time ray tracing and DLSS reflections on the game using an ARM-based platform. He also showed a demo called Bistro (from Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine) running real-time ray tracing on ARM, with RTX Direct Lighting (RTXDI) and NVIDIA Optix AI Acceleration Denoiser (NRD) features enabled. The demos were run on a MediaTek Kompanio 1200 ARM based platform combined with a GeForce RTX 3060 GPU.

NVIDIA made the technology work by porting multiple RTX SDKs to ARM devices. These include Deep Learning Supersampling (DLSS) to increase sharpness, RTX Direct Lighting, NVIDIA Optix AI Acceleration Denoiser, RTX Memory Utility (RTXMU), and Global Lighting. RTX. NVIDIA said RTXDI, NRD, and RTXMU SDKs for ARM with Linux are now available to developers, with RTXGI and DLSS coming soon.

Of course, you won’t see any of this until manufacturers add RTX hardware to their laptops, Chromebooks, or other ARM-based devices. Game makers will also need to implement the technology for ARM-based games. However, both the Wolfenstein: Youngblood developer and game engine company seem optimistic.

“RTX support for ARM and Linux opens up new opportunities for game developers to deliver more immersive experiences on a wider variety of platforms,” said Mathieu Muller, senior technical product manager at Unity. “An iD Tech based game running on an ARM processor with ray tracing enabled is a milestone in a journey that will result in many more gaming platforms available to all game developers,” added the director. Machinegames technique, Jim Kjellin.

Of course, NVIDIA’s relationship with ARM is about to come together as it bought the company last year for $ 40 billion. However, the deal is subject to regulatory approval, and NVIDIA rival (and ARM customer) Qualcomm opposed the deal. On top of that, ARM employs 3,000 people in the UK and the UK regulator is currently investigating the sale.