real-time ray tracing

NVIDIA has announced that real-time ray tracing support is coming to GeForce GTX GPUs. This driver is scheduled to launch in April. GeForce GTX GPUs will execute ray traced effects on shader cores and support is extended to both Microsoft DXR and Vulkan APIs. NVIDIA reminds consumers that its...

Crytek has released a new video demonstrating the results of a CRYENGINE research and development project called Neon Noir. Neon Noir is based on an advanced version of CRYENGINE's Total Illumination showcasing real-time ray tracing. The demo shown below is running on an AMD Vega 56 and...

4A Games has released a new Metro Exodus trailer that highlights the weapons system in the game. It shows how handmade guns of post-apocalyptic Russia can be altered with modifications to suit the user's preferences. Metro Exodus has a February 15, 2019 release date on Xbox One, PlayStation 4...

UFD Tech on YouTube ran a blind test to see if the studio guys could tell the difference in real-time ray tracing being set to on, off, low or ultra. Each of the 4 guys played Battlefield V in single player with various levels of ray tracing set by another person and they had to explain what...

During an interview with Mark Hachman of PCWorld, AMD president and CEO Dr. Lisa Su acknowledged AMD is "deep in development" of a GPU with real-time ray tracing (DXR) capabilities. She explained that building a development ecosystem was important as "development is concurrent between hardware...

NVIDIA has released the second installment of its Project Sol real-time ray-tracing cinematic series. It is running on Unreal Engine 4 and features real-time ray-tracing powered by NVIDIA RTX devices. Project Sol is a showcase of the NVIDIA RTX development platform which highlights cinematic...

Atomic Heart reminds me of the Bioshock games in its quirky environment and content. In this video, the visual effects of its real-time ray tracing feature set are demonstrated by turning NVIDIA RTX features on and off. The narration and demonstration of the stunning ray traced visuals starts at...

Eurogamer has conducted an interview with DICE rendering engineer Yasin Uludag where he explains the numbers and computer science behind the real-time ray tracing effects that PC gamers will experience when they turn NVIDIA RTX on. He discusses the bottlenecks and NVIDIA intrinsics used to...

NVIDIA has released early work into implementing real-time ray tracing into Vulkan. The 411.63 driver enables an experimental Vulkan extension that exposes NVIDIA’s RTX technology for real-time ray tracing through the Vulkan API. The VK_NVX_raytracing extension is a preview of an upcoming...

NVIDIA has seen its stock reach all time highs as it surged 3% to $289.36 at the close of trading today. The stock was able to eclipse the $292.06 mark briefly during the day. This means that NVIDIA stock is up 50% for the year. Analysts don't believe that AMD will launch a new graphics card...

Here is an demo of real-time ray traced global illumination within the Metro Exodus game environment. Anyone else get a Far Cry Primal vibe from the video? 4A Games are bringing real-time Ray Tracing to Metro Exodus! At NVIDIA's Gaming Celebration event in Cologne, it was revealed how 4A...

Assetto Corsa Competizione has been released onto Steam in a truly Early Access manner as the game features a single car and track to compete on. Basic multiplayer won't be included until the scheduled update on November 14th of 2018. Also there is no mention of when the Nvidia RTX features...

Real-time ray tracing is the new hot word in PC gaming as Nvidia focused on it during the Nvidia RTX 2000 series reveal. Digital Foundry has been privy to new information about the tech and how it runs under the hood of Battlefield V from their discussions with DICE employees. For example...

According to Turkish tech website PC Hoc TV, they have conducted testing on the new Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti and compared it to an Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti at 4K resolutions. They experienced a 20% - 25% uplift in performance from the RTX 2080 Ti upgrade. Of course we don't know which driver version they...

HotHardware has conducted an interview with Nvidia Director of Technical Marketing, Tom Petersen where they discuss various topics such as how Turing compares to Pascal. Tom Petersen had this to say. "The fact is that Turing, just a just the traditional Turing where you think about shaders...

Metro Exodus developer 4A Games has set a performance goal of 1080p 60fps when enabling Nvidia's new RTX features according to a company representative. Ben Archard, a rendering programmer at the studio had this to say when interviewed by Rock Paper Shotgun. "We're always going to be pushing...

PCGamesHardware was able to view a demo of Shadow of the Tomb Raider running on a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti with real-time ray tracing and possibly max graphics enabled at 1080p. In addition to this, a frame rate counter (FRAPS) was enabled. The game was running in the low 30's for extended periods...

Nvidia has released a list of games that support the real-time ray tracing and Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) found on their new GeForce RTX lineup of video cards. Real-time ray tracing allows for "objects and environments with physically accurate shadows, reflections, refractions and...