After months of waiting, we finally have a release date for Portal with RTX, with the acclaimed DLC getting a re-release on December 8. The game will feature extensive use of ray tracing technology along with new Nvidia DLSS 2 and 3. The latter version will only be accessible to RTX 4000 series owners.
The RTX game version will be completely free for all existing Portal owners, but they have one thing to worry about. This DLC is extremely demanding and Nvidia has revealed its exclusive system requirements. As expected, the DLC will only run on Windows 10/11 64-bit.
At the least, you will require an RTX 3060 GPU because anything below just won’t do. The CPU requirements are also quite heavy as you will need either an Intel i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Video memory of 8 GB and RAM of 16 GB are also a must. These specifications will only let you run the game at 1080p 30 FPS but on High Preset.
Check out the scaling requirements based below.
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 w/ DLSS 2
- Video Memory: 8 GB
- CPU: Intel i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Memory: 16 GB
- Free Storage Space: 25 GB SSD
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 w/ DLSS 2
- Video Memory: 8 GB
- CPU: Intel i7-9700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Memory: 16 GB
- Free Storage Space: 25 GB SSD
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 w/ DLSS 3
- Video Memory: 16 GB
- CPU: Intel i7-12700K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900
- Memory: 32 GB
- Free Storage Space: 25 GB SSD
You can read the official blog for more information.
The developer is also holding a launch party at 1 p.m. EST on December 6, which you can watch on Twitch and Steam. The stream will contain new gameplay reveals, giveaways game codes for Portal, and behind-the-scenes.
So, what do you think? Are you interested in playing Portal with RTX? Have you played the original Portal before? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
