Microsoft has shipped a set of Direct3D 12 upgrades that target one of the most persistent bottlenecks in PC gaming, the cost of real-time ray tracing. The updates, delivered through the DirectX 12 ...

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Forward-looking: Recent big game releases appear to confirm that ray tracing and path tracing are the future of graphics rendering. However, these techniques remain prohibitively computationally ...

Today we are back with another extensive game analysis - this time looking at Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. It uses the Dawn engine (from the Deus Ex series) and offers ray tracing as well as DLSS ...

Here is ray tracing explained in simple terms, how ray tracing performance impacts FPS, and when ray tracing gaming visuals are truly worth the trade-off. Pixabay, Timrael Ray tracing has gone from a ...

Most PC gamers know that ray tracing is a very performance-intensive feature, and depending on the improvement to visual quality, it may or may not be worth using. In an extensive Hardware Unboxed ...

GPU Score has recently launched a innovative cross-platform ray tracing benchmark named Breaking Limit. This innovative tool is designed to assess the performance of a wide range of ray tracing ...

The gaming industry has been a forefront for technology since its early days, pushing the expectations of things like handheld computing, online communication, and of course, graphics. For the last ...

Don’t expect ray tracing in Battlefield 6. Electronic Arts is officially skipping ray tracing in Battlefield 6 in a bid to maintain solid in-game performance for all players. In an interview with ...

The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro lack hardware-enabled ray tracing. This feature allows for more realistic lighting and reflections, but few games support it. Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung, and Apple chips ...