NVIDIA's RTX Neural Texture Compression now runs on RTX Spark and Windows on Arm

NVIDIA's RTX Neural Texture Compression technology, which leverages AI to significantly reduce the VRAM footprint for game assets while maintaining image fidelity, is the sort of tech we need right now. In its most extreme use case, it can reduce texture sizes by up to 90%, which would make 8GB or 12GB of VRAM enough for 4K gaming.

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With the current memory crisis driving GPU prices up, it makes sense for game developers to look to technologies like RTX Neural Texture Compression alongside DLSS as ways to improve performance and image quality for millions of gamers. NVIDIA has made the RTX Neural Texture Compression SDK available to game developers for a while now, but the latest RTX Neural Texture Compression (NTC) SDK v0.10.0 BETA release (available on GitHub) adds support for RTX Spark and Windows on Arm.

RTX Spark is NVIDIA's first SoC product for premium laptops and mini PCs, which combines a 20-core NVIDIA Grace ARM processor with an integrated RTX Blackwell GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores. Although RTX Spark laptops are expected to launch with combined memory pools of up to 128GB, RTX Neural Texture Compression is still a worthwhile addition.

According to the latest release notes, RTX Neural Texture Compression can reduce a raw 32.00 MB texture down to 2.50 MB, which is a significant improvement even over current compression methods that can bring this 32.00 MB down to 12.00 MB. And it does so while maintaining more detail.

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Does the RTX NTC v0.10.0 BETA release add support for Windows on Arm?

Yes. The RTX Neural Texture Compression SDK v0.10.0 BETA release adds support for RTX Spark and Windows on Arm according to this story. The release is available on GitHub and notes the added platform support.

Question #2

Where can developers obtain the RTX Neural Texture Compression SDK mentioned in the article?

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Question #3

How does RTX Neural Texture Compression’s compression compare to current methods based on the example in the article?

In the article's example, RTX Neural Texture Compression reduces a raw 32.00 MB texture to 2.50 MB, compared with current compression methods that reduce the same 32.00 MB texture to about 12.00 MB. That represents a substantially higher compression ratio while reportedly maintaining more detail.

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What class of PC games or developers is the article suggesting will adopt RTX Neural Texture Compression next?

The article suggests that PC games in general will adopt RTX Neural Texture Compression next, with the first titles expected to gain native NTC support soon. It notes the SDK is available to game developers and that any GeForce RTX 20 Series card or higher is supported.

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Right now, with the SDK out in the wild, it's only a matter of time before we start seeing the first PC games with native RTX Neural Texture Compression support. According to NVIDIA, any GeForce RTX 20 Series card, or higher, is supported.