The original Portal is getting a free ray-tracing update in November

This is a triumph. I'm making a note here; Huge success" | Nvidia

At Nvidia's September event, where it announced the new RTX 4080 and 4090 graphics cards, it also showed off an upcoming mod for the original Portal on PC that injects gorgeous, ray-traced visuals into the game. It'll be available for free to all current owners of the game on Steam sometime in November.

Whether you've played the game numerous times (raises hand) or you're about to get it for the first time (I envy you), it'll look even better if you have a Nvidia RTX-series graphics card in your laptop or desktop. This launch follows Nvidia's past visual treatments that spruced up classic games, including Quake II and Minecraft. Check out Nvidia's blog post for the full details.

Nvidia also announced a modding tool called RTX Remix,...

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