Ray Tracing Coming to Diablo 4 This March

Diablo IV Posted 2024/01/09 at 1:38 PM by Tharid

Diablo IV Ray Tracing Launching This March

Since launch in June 2023, Diablo IV GeForce RTX gamers have been accelerating performance by 2.5X on average at 4K, thanks to the inclusion of DLSS 3. And with NVIDIA Reflex, system latency was reduced by up to 67%, for the most responsive gameplay possible.

In March, all new and existing content will look even better thanks to the addition of 3 ray-traced effects. Armor, water, windows, and other suitably reflective surfaces will now feature accurate, realistic ray-traced reflections and ray-traced transparent reflections, making battles in Sanctuary even more spectacular. Additionally, the many shadows of Diablo IV will be enhanced with ray tracing, adding extra detail, depth and fidelity to all scenes.
full DLSS 3.0 support just in time for launch

In the meantime, GeForce NOW members will soon be able to stream Diablo IV from the cloud — even without upgraded hardware — with GeForce NOW. Ultimate members will be able to stream at up to 4K resolution and 120 frames per second with support for NVIDIA DLSS and Reflex technology, and experience the action even on low-powered devices.

Members will soon be able to stream the Steam versions of Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 on nearly any device with the power of a GeForce RTX 4080 rig in the cloud, with support for the Battle.net launcher to follow.

For more details about the Diablo IV ray tracing update, stay tuned to GeForce.com.

Comment by Spekzothank god if their was 1 thing diablo 4 needed it was a graphic update...

🙄🙄🙄Comment by frost3goNobody, and I mean literally nobody cared about ray tracing in any diablo game ever.Comment by HistoryxHow about making the game enjoyable to play first? Your itemization sucks and the game is one big money grab. Please hire new staff to remake this game. This is like saying Gollum the game now has ray tracing... Who cares.Comment by thetsoniOh is this feature we had in Beta but it was so poorly done they cut it from release, and now it comes as a bright new shinny feature (which is the same but reworked feature).Comment by AetheriteReddit and Wowhead comments seem to miss the fact that Raytracing was originally supposed to launch with the game (and was even in the beta) but had to be scrapped bc of performance issues, but they said that they would work to get it out as "soon as possible", which is now.

I promise you that the people working on Raytracing are not the same people doing itemization or balancing, so all of the comments saying "yeah just WhaT ThE GaMe NeEdeD" are weird af.Comment by NeijiSFBet money the people posting negative comments about Diablo 4 are still logging into the game every day enjoying it.Comment by TheGoldenElmAt least you'll have pretty reflections as you squint at all your loot looking for the right affix! :) :) :)Comment by infekyeah guys, the nerds who make the graphics pretty are the same nerds as the ones that make the game fun. pepegaComment by ChiddieWhat about FSR 3?Comment by terrifying1376it's like your Car tire is punctured and you just want to change the engineComment by imag3xYeah, it's great and all, but what about the performance issues that are still haunting the game? I tried every possible way to stop it from freezing in the world (I mean outdoors) that keep me from playing sometimes for minutes, but nothing have worked so far.

It's not fun dying in helltides and losing the cinders almost every time.Comment by apedosmilHow about making the game enjoyable to play first? Your itemization sucks and the game is one big money grab. Please hire new staff to remake this game. This is like saying Gollum the game now has ray tracing... Who cares.Comment by ChassePatate"performance-enhancing graphics feature"

Lmao. Ray-tracing will take a hit to fps, it's designed to make the game look better, not enhance performance at all. As a matter of fact, it is very expensive in terms of gpu. But I have a 4090, so I'll take anything that makes the game look better.

And yes, in a dev team guys, there are ppl working on the tech side of things that bring this kind of stuff, and ppl working on gameplay, etc. Not the same ppl guysComment by AovaAre you looking forward to Ray Tracing in Diablo 4?Comment by FunkheadThe real question is when is this game actually releasing!Comment by AbomI watched the video in 4k on an OLED and could barely tell the difference.Comment by hazzxThey made a whole trailer for this and you literally cant see the difference.