ray tracing Latest news (3)

Konrad Serafinski, 23 January 2020, 13:42

Unity has published a full version of a tech demo called The Heretic. Almost 8-minute material presents the capabilities of the 2019.3 version of the engine.

Bart Swiatek, 08 January 2020, 11:18

The head of AMD, Dr. Lisa Su, gave an interview to the journalists of AnandTech. During the conversation, a thread of AMD's ray-tracing GPU appeared. The company is working on a new, powerful graphics card supporting this technology, which should appear on the market later this year.

Bart Swiatek, 05 December 2019, 14:30

Colette Kress, CFO of Nvidia, stated at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference 2019 that two-thirds of the GPUs currently sold by Nvidia support ray-tracing technology.

Laty, 20 November 2019, 16:04

The first unconfirmed information about new Navi GPUs being created by AMD has appeared in the web. The chipsets are to have, among others, a very fast HBM2E memory and hardware ray-tracing support.

Bart Swiatek, 18 November 2019, 14:09

Jen-Hsun „Jensen” Huang, CEO of Nvidia, said in a press interview that the handling of ray-tracing in next-generation consoles is indirectly due to his company.

Jacob Blazewicz, 13 November 2019, 22:59

Crytek has released Neon Noir, a free benchmark for ray-tracing testing. Application based on the demo from GDC 2019 enables us to check this technology on popular graphics cards.

Agnes Adamus, 01 November 2019, 19:50

Yesterday, new 4K screens from the PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2 were presented. The players were interested in the „RTX” logo, which could indicate that the title will support ray-tracing. However, Nvidia denied it.

Agnes Adamus, 01 November 2019, 15:13

A refreshed version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is being made. A group known ad Remaster Studio has published a video presenting a mod that improves the visual aspects of the title. Among the improvements that it is supposed to introduce we will find, among others, a new weather system and support for ray-tracing.

Adrian Werner, 31 October 2019, 10:11

Candyland released a video comparing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on Xbox One X, PlayStation 4 Pro and PC on ultra settings with ray-tracing.

Adrian Werner, 23 October 2019, 13:36

Nvidia announced that Minecraft with ray-tracing is expected to run in 60 frames per second at 1080p resolution on a GeForce 2060 RTX.

Bart Swiatek, 16 October 2019, 11:46

During PAX Aus 2019 a Minecraft gameplay with official ray-tracing support was presented. After the changes the title looks very good.

Krzysztof Kaluzinski, 15 October 2019, 19:16

Ray-tracing is coming to WoT. Wargaming Studio in collaboration with Intel has developed a solution that will enable us to enjoy the technology on every DirectX 11 compatible PC, including PCs with graphics cards that do not support ray-tracing.

Konrad Serafinski, 13 October 2019, 19:36

Nvidia has created a studio that in the future will be responsible for implementing ray-tracing effects in the new classic video game. We don't know the details yet, but it could be Unreal or Doom 3.

Adrian Werner, 11 October 2019, 11:50

Infinity Ward provided additional hardware requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Thanks to that we learned what equipment will be needed to play with ray-tracing. The devs also explained that the 175GB of required disk space previously provided includes all the additional content that will be released after the launch.

Bart Swiatek, 16 September 2019, 11:43

The first details about the new Radeon GPU from AMD, have appeared in the web. The chipsets will have, among others, a very fast HBM2E memory and hardware ray tracing support.

Bart Swiatek, 05 September 2019, 20:03

Square Enix revealed a demo showing the capabilities of the latest version of Luminous Engine graphics technology. The engine supports the famed ray tracing and its capabilities are truly impressive.

Konrad Serafinski, 31 August 2019, 17:04

Nvidia boasted on Twitter that yesterday's Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay was captured using a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPU with ray tracing technology.

Adrian Werner, 27 August 2019, 11:45

Control, the latest production by Remedy, known for Max Payne and Alan Wake series, debuted on the market. There is also an interesting video on the web, showing how the PC version with ray tracing looks like.

Milosz Szubert, 19 August 2019, 14:43

Nvidia presented Minecraft trailer with ray tracing support. Official support for the technology is expected to appear in the popular game from the Mojang AB next year.

Konrad Serafinski, 19 August 2019, 13:32

Nvidia has shared a short trailer presenting ray tracing technology in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Participants of gamescom 2019 will be able to test the title with all the graphic bells and whistles.

Conrad Hazi, 18 August 2019, 19:04

When discussing Nvidia's second quarter, the CEO - Jen-Hsun Huang - raised, among other things, the issue of the future of ray tracing. He thinks that buying a card without the support of the technology is currently a bad idea and predicts its rapid development.

Conrad Hazi, 17 August 2019, 21:20

Developers have revealed that they are now focusing on other things and can only return to the issue of introducing ray tracing once their current tasks have been completed. KUNOS Simulazioni is currently working on the overall development and optimization of the title.

Jacob Blazewicz, 30 July 2019, 00:17

Morgan McGuire of Nvidia commented on the use of ray tracing in games. In his opinion, the first high-budget game requiring this technology will be released in 2023.

Julia Dragovic, 19 July 2019, 22:42

Nvidia showed the capabilities of ray tracing by publishing the recreated (and improved) footage from the landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft on the Moon. This year marks the 50th anniversary of this memorable event.

Michael Kulakowski, 16 July 2019, 21:01

We learned the PC hardware requirements of Control, Remedy Entertainment's latest work, as well as information related to the game's support of the ray tracing technology. The game will go on sale at the end of August, this year. It will only be available on PCs through Epic Games Store.

Bart Swiatek, 01 July 2019, 10:23

It seems that AMD has been working on its own idea for ray tracing hardware for some time now. In 2017, the company patented a hybrid solution to allow more flexible use of ray tracing. It cannot be ruled out that the variant of this technology will appear in PlayStation 5 and Xbox Scarlett.

Milosz Szubert, 26 June 2019, 22:22

There's a video on YouTube, showing how the Stratum 2K Texture package and Continuum RT shaders turn Minecraft into something almost unrecognizable. However, for this type of fun you'll have to spend some money.

Jakub Mirowski, 12 June 2019, 00:47

Nvidia announced that it is working with CD Projekt RED on Cyberpunk 2077, which will allow the Polish team to take advantage of the possibilities offered by the ray tracing technology.

Milosz Szubert, 04 June 2019, 13:11

Nvidia has published the hardware requirements of Quake II RTX, a refreshed version of the iconic FPS from id Software, enriched with support for ray tracing technology. The title will be available on June 6.

Jacob Blazewicz, 03 June 2019, 00:32

A playable tech demo of Unreal Engine 4 has appeared on the web. It enables you to check out the potential of ray tracing for free while demolishing a town as a Martian robot.

Adrian Werner, 31 May 2019, 11:41

We've been flooded with new information about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. We learned some facts about the campaigns, special editions and their prices, as well as the so-called Operator Packs. We also learned that the game will offer cross-play and ray-tracing support and that no season pass is planned.

Bart Swiatek, 27 May 2019, 14:45

Nvidia presented Quake II RTX - a new version of id Software's game from 1997, supporting ray tracing. The game will debut in June and require a GPU with hardware-based ray-tracing support. Three single-player levels will be made available for free.

Frozen, 24 May 2019, 12:16

There's a video on the web where we can see how The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt would look like if it used the ray tracing technology. All thanks to the use of Martha McFly's RT Shader by Pascal Gilcher.

Conrad Hazi, 23 May 2019, 16:53

Sapphire representative happened to reveal prices of two announced Navi-based graphics cards. The prices are higher than previously announced. The cards are also not supposed to offer hardware support for ray tracing.

Conrad Hazi, 19 May 2019, 22:34

The latest alpha version of the popular Reshade app enables you to include ray tracing in many modern and classic titles. Thanks to the app, we can achieve a much better image quality, but it is done in exchange for a large computer load.

Bart Swiatek, 07 May 2019, 12:51

Digital Foundry has published an interesting material about mods for Crysis, the iconic FPS from Crytek. Thanks to fan modifications, the production has been enriched with ray tracing support and a cooperation mode.

Bart Swiatek, 06 May 2019, 12:29

Intel Xe graphics cards will have hardware support for the ray tracing technology. The company also informed that the first systems of this type will be designed for workstations.

Konrad Serafinski, 25 April 2019, 22:32

A Minecraft video, lasting a bit over half an hour and presenting the game with path tracing (a less popular version of ray tracing) has surfaced on the web. All this again thanks to the SEUS modification.

Christian Pieniazek, 12 April 2019, 01:33

Nvidia graphics card owners can download three demos showing the capabilities of the ray tracing technology. In addition, the manufacturer has released drivers that enable ray tracing support on selected models in the GTX family.

Bart Swiatek, 01 April 2019, 12:31

Modder known as notglacier used the SEUS mod, to add patch tracing support to good old Minecraft. The technology is a less known variant of the famous ray tracing.

Bart Swiatek, 19 March 2019, 20:37

During the GDC 2019, Unity and Nvidia have presented a spectacular tech demo of The Heretic. The footage shows the capabilities of the latest version of the famous open game engine, which now supports ray tracing.

Jakub Mirowski, 17 March 2019, 17:04

Crytek release a Neon Noir demo, showing the capabilities of CryEngine when it comes to the ray tracing technology. What's more, the majority of current gen GPUs will be able to use it, including AMD chipsets.

Michael Kulakowski, 05 March 2019, 23:01

Sony is searching for engineers experienced in ray tracing technology, who are to work in PlayStation lab in London. This, obviously, raised speculations about whether the spectacular technology will be supported by the yet unannounced PlayStation 5.

ElMundo, 05 March 2019, 22:05

Nvidia informed that all those who wish to buy one of the Geforce RTX series graphics cards can expect a nice little bonus. Metro Exodus, the recent hit, joins the list of free titles added as extra when buying Nvidia's GPUs.

Bart Swiatek, 14 February 2019, 15:58

Nvidia has released the 418.91 GPU driver package. Drivers allow you to use ray tracing in Metro Exodus and enable DLSS in Metro and Battlefield V.

Adrian Werner, 14 February 2019, 15:31

The first Metro Exodus performance tests appeared on the web. The game seems to have been optimized well, even with ray-tracking on. In addition, a video with graphical comparison of the PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions has been released.

Bart Swiatek, 25 January 2019, 09:38

According to reports in Reddit and ResetEra forums, the new Xbox may have support for ray tracing technology. Microsoft is expected to tell more details about it during the GDC 2018.

Bart Swiatek, 09 January 2019, 15:03

A lot of tests concerning the latest Nvidia graphics card based on the Turing architecture, GeForce RTX 2060, have already appeared on the web. Is it a successful design? We have prepared for you a list of tests conducted by various experts.

Mathias Zulpo, 04 September 2018, 02:49

Nvidia's ray tracing is no stranger to Metro Exodus, and they get along pretty well. An off-screen gameplay proves that the game can handle ultra-realistic lighting at 50+ FPS in 1080p. But it comes at a price.