Nvidia Optix 7

Optix device code api.

Nvidia optix 7. Release notes 91kb pdf. Available only in ah and ch. Nvidia optix is an api for optimal ray tracing performance on the gpu that is used for film and video production as well as many other professional graphics applications. The api is designed to be stateless multi threaded asynchronous supports a lightweight representation for scenes and is fully thread safe.

Hit kinds greater than 127 are reserved for built in primitives. Performance beyond supporting the latest features and functionality of the newest applications nvidia studio drivers continue to offer the best performance and reliability for current applications as well. Optix sdk 7 1 is the latest update to the new optix 7 api. Advanced samples for the nvidia optix 7 ray tracing sdk.

Nvidia optix is an application framework for optimal ray tracing performance on the gpu that is used for film and video production as well as many other professional graphics applications. To return to the search results from the document either click the search button or press the s key. It also includes a library that provides helper functions to load textures on demand. Cudnn is no longer required to use the optix denoiser and all required files are.

Optix sdk 7 2 is the latest update to the new optix 7 api. The goal of the three initial introduction examples is to show how to port an existing optix application based on the previous optix 5 or 6 api to optix 7. Windows 7 and higher 64 bit accept download linux accept download. Requires nvidia r435 80 driver or newer.

Release highlights nvidia optix 7 0 0 aug 2019. To search for the occurrences of a text string in this document enter text in the upper right box and press the enter key. Version 7 1 introduces a new curve primitive for hair and fur. The latest nvidia studio driver also adds support for optix 7 a powerful ray tracing api that is being implemented by leading 3d renderers including the blender cycles 2 81 beta.

Optix 7 introduces a new low level cuda centric api giving application developers direct control of memory compilation and launches while maintaining the programming model and shader types. The 6 5 0 release of the optix sdk introduces many performance improvements and extended functionality.