NVIDIA/optix-sdk v8.0.0

OptiX 8.0

Repository: NVIDIA/optix-sdk

Tag: v8.0.0

Published: 2026-01-13T18:38:43Z

Prerelease: no

Release notes: OptiX 8.0.0 introduces performance improvements and support for Shader Execution Reordering (SER)

Release Highlights NVIDIA® OptiX™ 8.0.0 (Aug 2023)

• Shader Execution Reordering (SER)
• Improved ribbon intersector that produces smoother segment connections
• SDK sample optixPathTracer has been updated to support SER feature
• The OptiX Demand Loading library is now fully asynchronous, with sparse texture tiles loaded in the background by
• multiple CPU threads while OptiX kernels execute on the GPU

NOTE: Requires NVIDIA R535 driver or newer.

https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/designworks/optix/secure/8.0.0/optix_release_notes_8.0_01.pdf