Nvidia's RTX Remix Transforms Classic Games, $50K Modding Contest Launched

May 19, 2025
Nvidia's RTX Remix Transforms Classic Games, $50K Modding Contest Launched
  • Submissions for the contest will be accepted until July 18, 2025, with winners announced during Gamescom in August 2025.

  • The update also includes support for DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation, significantly improving performance and image quality for players using GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs.

  • With these enhancements, the GeForce RTX 5090 can achieve impressive performance, reaching up to 450 frames per second at 1920x1080 resolution.

  • The platform has gained significant traction, featuring notable mods for classic games such as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Doom II and III.

  • Nvidia's RTX Remix modding platform is revolutionizing classic games like Half-Life 2 and Portal by allowing users to enhance them with cutting-edge ray tracing and AI technologies, with over 100 mods already available.

  • To create these mods, users need a compatible GeForce RTX GPU and can utilize various digital content creation tools alongside the RTX Remix application.

  • The contest will also include a Player Choice category, opening for community voting on July 18, where participants can win an additional $10,000.

  • This platform not only upgrades the graphics of classic games but also makes them appealing to both long-time fans and newcomers.

  • In an effort to promote this innovation, NVIDIA has launched a $50,000 RTX Remix Mod Contest, encouraging modders to enhance classic PC games with advanced graphics technology.

  • The contest features several categories with cash prizes, including $20,000 for the Best Overall Remix Mod and $10,000 for categories such as Best Use of RTX.

  • Recent updates to Portal with RTX have introduced the RTX Neural Radiance Cache technology, enhancing indirect lighting and overall visual fidelity.

  • Nvidia highlighted the contest during Computex, noting that over 100 RTX Remix projects have been released, with more than 350 currently in development.

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