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Rise of the Tomb Raider – Latest Update Adds DirectX 12 Support


Crystal Dynamics and Nixxes have released a new patch for Rise of the Tomb Raider that adds DirectX 12 support to it. In addition, this patch adds a new benchmark to allow easy comparison of performance on different systems, as well as at different graphics settings, and fixes some HBAO+ and other Ambient Occlusion issues.

As Nixxes noted:

“At Nixxes we have a long history of working with consoles as well, and one of the large differences between developing for consoles and developing for PCs is the level of access to the hardware available to us. We can leverage every single hardware feature and every bit of CPU power available in the most efficient way possible. With DirectX 12 we are taking a massive step forwards for bringing a lot of that flexibility to the PC as well. For Rise of the Tomb Raider the largest gain DirectX 12 will give us is the ability to spread our CPU rendering work over all CPU cores, without introducing additional overhead. This is especially important on 8-core CPUs like Intel i7’s or many AMD FX processors.”

This patch will be auto-downloaded from Steam, and below you can find its complete changelog.

  • Added support for DirectX 12
  • Adds NVIDIA VXAO Ambient Occlusion technology. This is the world’s most advanced real-time AO solution, specifically developed for NVIDIA Maxwell hardware. (Steam Only)
  • Added a new benchmark feature to allow easy comparison of performance on different systems, as well as at different graphics settings.
  • Fixed some HBAO+ and other Ambient Occlusion issues.
  • Fixed motion blur problems in Stereoscopic 3D mode.
  • A variety of other smaller optimizations, bug-fixes, and tweaks.