NVIDIA Reflex: Increasing Responsiveness in FragPunk’s Upcoming Beta & Marvel Rivals Launch December 6

NVIDIA Reflex is a game-changer, reducing system latency on GeForce graphics cards, desktops and laptops so your actions occur quicker, giving you a competitive edge in multiplayer matches, and making single-player titles more responsive and enjoyable.

Since its debut in September 2020, NVIDIA Reflex has reduced system latency in over 120 games, and over 90% of GeForce gamers have enabled Reflex. 9 of the top 10 competitive shooters feature Reflex support, including Apex Legends, Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III, Call of Duty®: Warzone™, Counter-Strike 2, Escape From Tarkov: Arena, Fortnite and Overwatch 2, along with critically acclaimed smash hit games such as Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Diablo IV, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Remnant 2, God of War, Hi-Fi RUSH, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Red Dead Redemption 2, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered.

In 2023 alone, GeForce gamers played over 10 billion hours of their favorite titles with increased responsiveness thanks to Reflex’s innovative system latency reducing technology.

Additionally, Star Wars™ Outlaws recently launched with day-one support for Reflex. And if you sign-up to the FragPunk closed beta that begins in October, Reflex will be ready and waiting for you, making gameplay more responsive in its online matches.

This September also sees two major esports tournaments for DOTA 2 and Fortnite kick-off - in each, Reflex is available to ensure competitors’ skill shines through, minimizing the time it takes for their actions to occur on-screen. One of the biggest teams in esports, Cloud9, has returned to DOTA 2, and we can announce their organization’s training center is now powered by a bank of GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs, helping their players get even better in DOTA 2 and every other PC game they compete in.

Read on to learn more.

Bad Guitar Studio’s FragPunk is a fast-paced 5v5 hero shooter with powerup cards that change the rules of each round! Choose your hero, your weapons, and pick from a selection of cards that dramatically change the rules of engagement. No two rounds of FragPunk are ever the same. Discover over 70 Shard Cards with an activatable selection that changes every round creating new and unique combinations that create infinite possibilities.

Each round lasts about 2.5 minutes, so get a move on! The short TTK means you will have a more exhilarating gaming experience. Pick between 10 heroes with diverse abilities, customize your weapon combination, choose your cards and get ready for a fight!

In October, a FragPunk closed beta kicks-off. Head to the FragPunk Steam page and sign-up now for a chance to be invited to the playtest. If you’re granted access to this highly anticipated shooter, you can activate a full array of GeForce technology.

Reflex will make gameplay even more responsive, DLSS 3 with Frame Generation will maximize performance, and ray-traced effects will take image quality to new heights. With the power of your GeForce RTX GPU and its dedicated Ray Tracing Cores, you can activate ray-traced effects that will enhance Ambient Occlusion, shadows, reflections, and lighting, making FragPunk’s effects even more eye-popping.

NetEase Games’ Marvel Rivals is a Super Hero, team-based PvP shooter. Assemble an all-star Marvel squad, devise countless strategies by combining powers to form unique Team-Up skills, and fight in destructible, ever-changing battlefields across the continually evolving Marvel universe.

Choose from a vast array of fan-favorite and cult-classic Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains from across the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men, and many more from across the Marvel Multiverse. Tear your way through iconic Marvel worlds across destructible environments! From Asgard to the Tokyo of 2099, use superpowers to alter these environments, reshape the terrain, and craft a strategic advantage on the battlefield.

Marvel Rivals will officially launch on December 6th with all heroes free-to-play at launch and beyond. The roster will also expand with the addition of Captain America and the Winter Soldier!

At launch, GeForce RTX players can enable Reflex and DLSS 3 with Frame Generation to minimize system latency and maximize performance, for faster, more responsive PvP gameplay

With over 170 first place wins since their formation in 2013, Cloud9 are one of the world’s most successful esports organizations. And with teams currently competing in 16 different games, they need a top notch training facility where players can practice in-person together on competition-grade PCs. That’s why their systems are now powered by GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER GPUs as part of a new collaboration to push the boundaries of esports excellence.

"We're incredibly excited to work with NVIDIA and bring their amazing technology to Cloud9. GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs and NVIDIA Reflex technology give our players the performance and responsiveness they need to stay ahead of the game. This collaboration is a huge step for us as we continue to push the limits in competitive gaming and content creation," shares Jack Etienne, Cloud9 Co-Founder and CEO.

In competitive games supporting Reflex, tournament organizers activate it to ensure the smoothest and most responsive systems possible. By outfitting their training facility with GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs, Cloud9 can mirror the hardware and software setups of the tournaments they attend, where millions of dollars of prize money can be on the line.

At the highest levels of competition, being perfectly attuned to the performance and responsiveness of a high-end system gives players a further advantage, ensuring they can immediately play at their best from the first seconds of every match.

The biggest esports tournament of all, each and every year, is the DOTA 2 International, with a massive prize pool, tens of millions of viewers, and in-game events that get players involved. Competitors and fans want the winners to be decided by skill, not latency, hitching or stuttering at game-changing moments.

And since the introduction of NVIDIA Reflex, DOTA 2 has gotten even more responsive, with PC latency reduced by up to 23%.

So when you tune into the 2024 DOTA 2 International today through to September 15th, players’ skill will shine through, you’ll witness incredible micro, and clutch moments that simply wouldn’t be possible on a laggy, slow system.

Last year’s inaugural FNCS Global Championship saw the world’s best Fortnite duos compete in Copenhagen, Denmark. September 7th and 8th, players will compete in this year’s event at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

The FNCS 2024 Global Championship sees 50 of the top Fortnite Competitive duos vie for a share of a $2,000,000+ total prize pool. Only players who reached Platinum I in Ranked Battle Royale can compete, so if you missed out, be sure to start working on your rank for the next competitive events in the recently launched Chapter 5, Season 4, which features a host of familiar superheroes and villains. 

To watch the FNCS 2024 Global Championship, head here. And when you yourself are next playing Fortnite, be sure to enable NVIDIA Reflex in-game to reduce system latency by up to 46%, for even more responsive gameplay.

Reflex is present in the best competitive games, G-SYNC Monitors with Reflex have the highest refresh rates with excellent image clarity, and Gaming Mice with Reflex are primed to up your game. To fully measure and record end-to-end system latency, from click to game, to display, you need a Reflex compatible monitor and mouse.

Four new options are now available for purchase: the ASUS ROG Keris II Ace, HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2 Core Wireless Gaming Mouse, Turtle Beach Kone II, and Turtle Beach Kone II Air. They join the list of over 80 Reflex-compatible gaming mice available that help you measure latency - see the complete list of mice here.

To measure system latency with your compatible NVIDIA Reflex accessories, follow our guide here.

Even more new NVIDIA Reflex games, plus Reflex-compatible mice and monitors are on their way, so stay tuned to GeForce.com to learn more when the news drops; check out the complete list of currently supported games and devices on our NVIDIA Reflex website.