Ray tracing and path tracing are two of the most exciting and demanding dynamic lighting techniques available to gamers and game developers in 2024. They both represent a massive leap in realism over ...

Ray tracing and path tracing are two major technologies shaping modern gaming graphics and graphics rendering in 2026. In this graphics comparison, both techniques improve lighting, reflections, and ...

Real-time ray tracing is finally starting to become commonplace in high-end PC games and even some PS5 and Xbox Series X games. Most of them come with a performance hit, letting the player choose ...

Cyberpunk 2077‘s long-awaited Overdrive feature is here. Announced alongside the Nvidia RTX 4090, the new ray tracing mode brings full path tracing to the world of Night City — and it looks incredible ...

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 ...

In the spring, Id Software and Bethesda announced that they would bring real-time ray tracing and NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 to the Vulkan-powered Doom Eternal. When we reviewed thsi latest Doom title, we found ...

Illustration of luminescence-based multi-point temperature determination inside an opaque packed bed loaded with 6 color-marked spheres coated with luminescent materials. Left, right: examples of ...

After our recent extensive investigation into ray tracing game performance, where we analyzed its visual and performance impact across 36 modern games, we can continue exploring the real-world ...

One day, when historians look back at graphics cards that changed the course of gaming, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 20-series could very well claim a top spot. But what does that mean for gamers who invested ...