Directml Vs Ray Tracing

[fightingfi]

So amd is taking teh directml route in windows 10 with dx12. nvidia uses ray tracing . Has directml been proven or used to yet or is it something new coming out and amd has decided to use a diff path for us gamers? whats the difference between directml and ray tracing i remeber some unreal 4 demo running on amd hardware with ray tracing is that it or directml? i guess im confused........

 

[Snowdog]

DirectML is a Microsoft Machine Learning API.

It really isn't about Ray Tracing.

Though, in theory you could use it to do Noise Reduction like NVidia already does to help Ray Tracing, but this wouldn't be that efficient without Tensor cores.

 

[primetime]

Im more impressed with the software route of ray tracing crytek is doing with their new builds that work on both vendors hardware