The Legend of Zelda BOTW RTX 4090 showcase looks amazing in 8K

A new graphics showcase has been released showing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild emulating on PC at 8K on an NVIDIA RTX 4090.

We saw a lot Zelda BOTW Cemu video in recent years, but we haven’t seen an open-world Zelda game running on an NVIDIA RTX 4090 GPU. German YouTuber’Digital dreams‘ has released a new video showcasing the 2017 game running on NVIDIA’s latest GPU with the artist’s custom ReShade ray tracing setup for Global Illumination. The results are pretty exciting to say the least, and show what a proper next-gen version of Zelda could look like. Of course, you’ll need quite a bit of tweaking to be able to emulate Breath of the Wild with these extreme settings.

For this video, Digital Dreams is using the aforementioned GTX 4090 and an AMD Ryzen 9 7950xx processor, coupled with plenty of cooling.

Check out the new BOTW showcase below:

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was released for Nintendo Wii U and Switch back in 2017. The sequel, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, is scheduled for release on Switch on May 12, 2023.

Open your eyes

There is no kingdom. No memories. After a 100-year sleep, Link wakes up alone in a world he no longer remembers. Now the legendary hero must explore a vast and dangerous land and regain his memories before Hyrule is lost forever.

Armed with only what he can scavenge, Link sets out to find the answers and resources he needs to survive.

Sheikha Shifer

A mysterious tablet with a glowing center, Link doesn’t remember seeing anything like it before, and yet there is something familiar about it.

Explore Hyrule

The Sheikah Slate contains a map of Hyrule to guide Link’s journey. It also has a scope for identifying points of interest at a distance.

Download runes

At certain shrines, Link can download runes to learn new abilities that help solve puzzles and unlock secret areas.