# **DirectX 12 Ultimate**

DirectX 12 Ultimate is the newest version of the API and new gold standard for the next-generation of games. DirectX 12 Ultimate takes games to a whole new level of realism with support for ray tracing, mesh shaders, variable rate shading, and sampler feedback.

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[Learn More](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/geforce-rtx-ready-for-directx-12-ultimate.md)

## **DirectX 12 Ultimate**

DirectX 12 Ultimate is the newest version of the API and new gold standard for the next-generation of games. DirectX 12 Ultimate takes games to a whole new level of realism with support for ray tracing, mesh shaders, variable rate shading, and sampler feedback. GeForce RTX is the first and only PC platform with support for these game-changing features.

**Watch Video**

[Learn More](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/geforce-rtx-ready-for-directx-12-ultimate.md)

## **DirectX 12 Ultimate**

DirectX 12 Ultimate is the newest version of the API and new gold standard for the next-generation of games. DirectX 12 Ultimate takes games to a whole new level of realism with support for ray tracing, mesh shaders, variable rate shading, and sampler feedback. GeForce RTX is the first and only PC platform with support for these game-changing features.

**Watch Video**

[Learn More](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/geforce-rtx-ready-for-directx-12-ultimate.md)

## DXR (DirectX Ray Tracing)

[DirectX Raytracing](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/announcing-microsoft-directx-raytracing/) allows games to simulate how light works in real life, providing incredibly realistic and beautiful graphics effects like global illumination, reflections, and shadows. GeForce RTX GPUs were designed from the start for the demands of ray tracing workloads. Specialized RT cores, found only on [GeForce RTX graphics cards](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/20-series.md), provide billions of rays per second of performance, and up to 3X the frame rates with DXR games and applications. This makes ray tracing at real-time frame rates possible for the first time.

## VRS (Variable Rate Shading)

VRS is a new rendering technique that boosts performance by adjusting the shading rate for different parts of a scene. VRS enables NVIDIA Adaptive Shading, which measures motion and changes in color from frame to frame to intelligently lower the shading rate in areas of the frame that don’t need it, such as sky boxes and walls. VRS can also be used in virtual reality games for foveated rendering—drawing more detail where your eyes are looking and less detail in the periphery where your eyes aren’t focused.

VRS supported shading rates and example application to a game frame

## Mesh Shading

If you’ve played an open-world game, you’ll know that cranking the level of detail can really impact performance as the CPU gets overwhelmed by issuing draw calls for each object in the environment. With [Mesh Shading](https://devblogs.nvidia.com/using-turing-mesh-shaders-nvidia-asteroids-demo/), the GPU intelligently controls level of detail selection and tessellation for objects, enabling rich, open worlds with hundreds of thousands of objects.

## Sampler Feedback

Sampler Feedback shares the same philosophy as Variable Rate Shading: work smarter to reduce GPU load, to improve performance. Sampler Feedback improves computing between the texture and shader hardware. Developers and engines can use Sampler Feedback to implement sophisticated texture streaming algorithms, allowing large open worlds with beautiful high-resolution textures, without immersion-breaking stutter or texture pop-in. Sampler Feedback can also be used to implement texture space shading, for more efficient rendering.

## DirectX 12 Ultimate Games With RTX

[Learn More](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/20-series/rtx.md)

## **Shop All GeForce RTX**

### **GeForce RTX 50 Series Graphics Cards**

[See All Buying Options](https://marketplace.nvidia.com/en-us/consumer/graphics-cards/?locale=en-us&page=1&limit=12&gpu=RTX%205090,RTX%205080,RTX%205070%20Ti,RTX%205070,RTX%205060%20Ti,RTX%205060)

[**Learn More**](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series.md)

### **GeForce RTX 50 Series Desktops**

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[**Learn More**](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series.md)

### **GeForce RTX 50 Series Laptops**

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[**Learn More**](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/laptops/50-series.md)

### **NVIDIA Studio Laptops and Desktops**

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[**Learn More**](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/studio/laptops-desktops.md)

## SUPPORTED Graphics Cards

[Supported GPUs](#supported-gpus-dx12ultimate)

## Supported GPUs

### GeForce RTX 3090

The GeForce RTX™ 3090 is colossally powerful in every way, giving you a whole new tier of performance, powered by Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3090.md)

### GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

The GeForce RTX™ 3080 Ti delivers the ultra performance that gamers crave, powered by Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3080-3080ti.md)

### GeForce RTX 3080

The GeForce RTX™ 3080 delivers the ultra performance that gamers crave, powered by Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3080-3080ti.md)

### GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

The GeForce RTX™ 3070 Ti is powered by Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture, giving you the power you need to rip through the most demanding games.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3070-3070ti.md)

### GeForce RTX 3070

The GeForce RTX™ 3070 is powered by Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture, giving you the power you need to rip through the most demanding games.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3070-3070ti.md)

### GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

The GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti lets you take on the latest games using the power of Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd generation RTX architecture.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3060-3060ti.md)

### GeForce RTX 3060

The GeForce RTX™ 3060 lets you take on the latest games using the power of Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd generation RTX architecture.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3060-3060ti.md)

### GeForce RTX 30 Series Laptops

GeForce RTX™ 30 Series GPUs power the world’s fastest laptops for gamers and creators. They’re built with the award-winning Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/gaming-laptops.md)

### TITAN RTX

NVIDIA® TITAN RTX™ is designed for researchers, developers and creators. It’s powered by Turing™ architecture, bringing 130 Tensor TFLOPs of performance, 576 tensor cores, and 24 GB of ultra-fast GDDR6 memory to your PC.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/deep-learning-ai/products/titan-rtx.md)

### GeForce RTX 20 Series Laptop

Incredibly fast, quiet performance. Real-time ray tracing and AI. And the mobility of the world’s thinnest and lightest designs...

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/gaming-laptops/20-series.md)

### GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

NVIDIA’s newest flagship graphics card is a revolution in gaming realism and performance. Its powerful...

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2080-ti.md)

### GeForce RTX 2080 Super

The GeForce® RTX 2080 SUPER™ is powered by the award-winning NVIDIA Turing™ architecture with more cores, higher clocks, and faster memory for ultimate performance and incredible new levels of realism. It’s time to gear up and get super powers.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2080-super.md)

### GeForce RTX 2080

The GeForce RTX™ 2080 is powered by the all-new NVIDIA Turing™ architecture to give you...

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2080.md)

### GeForce RTX 2070 Super

The GeForce® RTX 2070 SUPER™ is powered by the award-winning NVIDIA Turing™ architecture and has a superfast GPU with more cores and faster clocks to unleash your creative productivity and gaming dominance. It’s time to gear up and get super powers.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2070-super.md)

### GeForce RTX 2070

The powerful new GeForce RTX™ 2070 takes advantage of the cutting-edge NVIDIA Turing™ architecture to immerse you...

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2070.md)

### GeForce RTX 2060 Super

The GeForce® RTX 2060 SUPER™ is powered by the award-winning NVIDIA Turing™ architecture, bringing superfast all-around performance and graphics to every gamer and creator. It’s time to gear up and get super powers.

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2060-super.md)

### GeForce RTX 2060

The GeForce RTX™ 2060 is powered by the NVIDIA Turing™ architecture, bringing incredible performance and the power of real-time...

[More Info](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2060.md)

## Previous Generations

### MX SERIES

GeForce MX150  
 GeForce MX130  
 GeForce MX110

### GTX 900 SERIES

GeForce GTX TITAN X  
 GeForce GTX 980 Ti  
 GeForce GTX 980  
 GeForce GTX 980M  
 GeForce GTX 970  
 GeForce GTX 970M  
 GeForce GTX 965M  
 GeForce GTX 960  
 GeForce GTX 960M  
 GeForce GTX 950  
 GeForce GTX 950M  
 GeForce GTX 950 (OEM)  
 GeForce 945M  
 GeForce 940MX  
 GeForce 940M  
 GeForce 930MX  
 GeForce 930M  
 GeForce 920MX  
 GeForce 920M  
 GeForce 910M

### GTX 800 SERIES

GeForce GTX 880M  
 GeForce GTX 870M  
 GeForce GTX 860M  
 GeForce GTX 850M  
 GeForce 840M  
 GeForce 830M  
 GeForce 820M  
 GeForce 800M

### GTX 700 SERIES

GeForce GTX TITAN Z  
 GeForce GTX TITAN Black  
 GeForce GTX TITAN  
 GeForce GTX 780 Ti  
 GeForce GTX 780M  
 GeForce GTX 780  
 GeForce GTX 770M  
 GeForce GTX 765M  
 GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM)  
 GeForce GTX 760 192-bit(OEM)  
 GeForce GTX 760  
 GeForce GTX 760M  
 GeForce GTX 750 Ti  
 GeForce GT 755M  
 GeForce GTX 750  
 GeForce GT 750M  
 GeForce GT 745M  
 GeForce GT 740  
 GeForce GT 740M  
 GeForce GT 735M  
 GeForce GT 730  
 GeForce GT 730M  
 GeForce GT 720  
 GeForce GT 720M  
 GeForce GT 710  
 GeForce 710M  
 GeForce 705M  
 GeForce GT 705 (OEM)

### GTX 600 SERIES

GeForce GTX 690  
 GeForce GTX 680MX  
 GeForce GTX 680M    
 GeForce GTX 680  
 GeForce GTX 670  
 GeForce GTX 660 Ti  
 GeForce GTX 660  
 GeForce GTX 660M    
 GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST  
 GeForce GTX 650 Ti  
 GeForce GTX 650  
 GeForce GT 640M LE  
 GeForce GT 620M  
 GeForce GT 625M  
 GeForce GTX 675MX  
 GeForce GTX 675M  
 GeForce GTX 670MX    
 GeForce GTX 670M  
 GeForce GTX 660 (OEM)  
 GeForce GT 650M  
 GeForce GT 645M  
 GeForce GT 640M  
 GeForce GT 640 (OEM)  
 GeForce GT 640  
 GeForce GT 635 (OEM)  
 GeForce GT 630  
 GeForce GT 630M  
 GeForce GT 635M  
 GeForce GT 630 (OEM)  
 GeForce GT 620  
 GeForce GT 610  
 GeForce 610M

### GTX 500 SERIES

GeForce GTX 580  
 GeForce GTX 580M  
 GeForce GTX 570  
 GeForce GTX 570M  
 GeForce GTX 560  
 GeForce GTX 560M  
 GeForce GTX 560 Ti  
 GeForce GTX 560 Ti (OEM)  
 GeForce GT 555M  
 GeForce GTX 555 (OEM)  
 GeForce GT 550MGeForce GT 520M  
 GeForce GTX 550 Ti  
 GeForce GT 540M  
 GeForce GT 530 (OEM)  
 GeForce GT 525M  
 GeForce GT 520  
 GeForce GT 520M  
 GeForce GT 520MX  
 GeForce GT 520 (OEM)  
 GeForce 510 (OEM)

### GTX 400 SERIES

GeForce GTX 485M  
 GeForce GTX 480  
 GeForce GTX 480M  
 GeForce GTX 470  
 GeForce GTX 470M  
 GeForce GTX 465  
 GeForce GTX 460  
 GeForce GTX 460M  
 GeForce GTX 460 SE  
 GeForce GTS 450  
 GeForce GT 445M  
 GeForce GT 440  
 GeForce GT 435M  
 GeForce GT 430  
 GeForce GT 425M  
 GeForce GT 420M  
 GeForce 410M