The latest NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready driver includes day-0 optimizations for ICARUS, the new co-op survival game from Dean Hall and RocketWerkz.
GeForce RXT users will play will enjoy ICARUS to the full
Only GeForce RTX gamers will be able to have launch day support for NVIDIA DLSS and ray tracing on ICARUS. The new driver also offers the best Chorus and Halo Infinite experience, as well as support for six new G-SYNC compatible gaming monitors. Finally, five new profiles GeForce Experience Optimal Playable Settings obtainable with a single click.
NVIDIA has partnered with RocketWerkz to add NVIDIA DLSS and RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI) to ICARUS. Thanks to AI rendering technology and dedicated AI Tensor Core processors found exclusively on GeForce RTX GPUs, DLSS accelerates the ICARUS frame rate while preserving the game’s stunning graphics detail, thus providing image quality similar to native resolution. .
ICARUS environments are enhanced with ray-traced global illumination achieved via RTXGI. In ICARUS, RTXGI provides realistic sun and moon illumination that naturally bounces from surface to surface. As players level trees, erect buildings, and change the environment, the lighting is instantly updated to reflect these changes, allowing the previously dark and shaded forest floor to be now brightly lit when trees are shot down.
To support the huge biomes of ICARUS, a new feature called Infinite Scrolling Volumes has been developed for RTXGI. As players move around the environment, the lighting is updated in a large volume around the player’s point of view, reducing memory requirements and increasing performance.
The other goodies coming to GameReady
The NVIDIA Game Ready Driver for ICARUS also adds other features, including:
- Chorus, Deep Silver’s new sci-fi action-adventure game launching December 3, is enhanced with NVIDIA DLSS.
- The addition of optimal GeForce Experience settings for 5 new games, including:
- Farming Simulator 22
- Halo Infinite
- Inscryption
- Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
- Crab Game
- Support for 6 new G-SYNC compatible gaming monitors:
- Dell G2722HS
- Dell G3223D
- ASUS XG27UQR
- Dell G2422HS
- LG 32PG750
- MSI G273
Also read our article dedicated to the new December games on GeForce NOW.