According to NVIDIA, if you aren’t running a 50-series card, you’re missing the best version of the year’s biggest games. Resident Evil Requiem and Crimson Desert are leading the charge, serving as the ultimate playgrounds for path tracing and DLSS 4.
Resident Evil Requiem Sets the New Horror Standard
Resident Evil Requiem launches this week, and PC gamers are getting the royal treatment. NVIDIA packed the game with PC-exclusive path-traced effects that overhaul how light hits every surface in Raccoon City.
Because path tracing is notoriously heavy on hardware, NVIDIA is leaning on its new DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation and Ray Reconstruction. This combo doesn’t just make the game playable at high resolutions; it also makes it look better than native. If you’re looking to upgrade, NVIDIA is running a hardware bundle through March 16. Buying a qualifying RTX 50-series GPU or laptop gets you a Steam copy of the game for free.
Crimson Desert Prepares for March Release
Pearly Abyss is finally ready to unleash Crimson Desert on March 19. The open-world epic follows Kliff, a mercenary trying to rebuild his squad after a brutal ambush. While the game looks stunning on its own, the PC version is being built specifically to leverage fourth-generation Ray Tracing Cores.
Expect DLSS 4 support out of the gate. For a game with this much scale and fast-paced combat, the Multi Frame Generation will be vital for keeping frame rates stable while the ray-traced lighting does its heavy lifting across the game’s vast landscapes.
DLSS 4.5 is Winning the “Blind Test” War
NVIDIA also touted a recent blind test by Computerbase that should silence the “native is always better” crowd. In a study of over 6,000 people across six different games, DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution beat out native resolution and competing upscaling techniques in visual quality.
| Game | Key RTX Tech | Release Date |
| Resident Evil Requiem | Path Tracing, DLSS 4, Ray Reconstruction | This Week |
| Crimson Desert | Ray Tracing, DLSS 4 | March 19 |
| Toxic Commando (Demo) | DLSS 4.5 Overrides, DLAA | Available Now |
| ARC Raiders | DLSS 4, NVIDIA Reflex, RTXGI | Today |
Beyond the headliners, the John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando demo is available until March 3, featuring DLSS 4.5 overrides via the NVIDIA app. ARC Raiders also gets its “Shrouded Sky” update today, integrating Reflex and RTXGI to keep the chaos responsive.
