As 3A games demand higher levels of visual fidelity, the size of high-resolution texture packs has increased, often leaving 8GB VRAM graphics cards facing issues such as insufficient VRAM and stuttering. NVIDIA's RTX Neural Texture Compression (NTC) technology may change this landscape. NTC utilizes machine learning to optimize texture storage, reconstructing textures in real-time through a small neural network on the GPU. This significantly reduces VRAM usage and game installation size while enhancing the resolution of rendered textures. The technology can reduce VRAM usage in specific scenes by approximately 85%, with a maximum reduction of 96%. It is also compatible with the AI acceleration units of AMD and Intel graphics cards, making it a promising candidate for future gaming consoles. Currently, while no commercial games have integrated it yet, industry-wide deployment is underway, and large-scale commercialization is imminent.
