Sony claims that the new AMD GPU in the PS5 Pro has ray tracing capabilities that aren't found in AMD's current PC graphics cards, implying that the new console has at least some of the new RDNA 4 GPU ...

The recently released Shader Model 6.9 brings Microsoft's official take on Shader Execution Reordering (SER) out of preview. Nvidia and a few game developers have already ...

We may see ray-tracing get used to full effect in Switch 2 games of the future. 4K 60FPS. This was the big dream that many gamers had at the launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The ...

NVIDIA has enjoyed a substantial lead in ray tracing performance for the last few product releases, but things may soon be changing. AMD's upcoming RDNA 4 architecture may bring with it a significant ...

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 ...

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It's been one of the biggest gaming hardware stories of the week (and month): Sony has officially announced the existence of the PlayStation 5 Pro console while offering a quick look at the specs and ...

The choice between Path tracing and Ray tracing has become a necessary discussion about graphics among gaming enthusiasts. Both offer compelling advancements in visual fidelity. However, their ...

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TL;DR: Rockstar's latest GTA V: Expanded & Enhanced update improves ray-traced lighting with high-resolution reflections and a second ray bounce for more realistic global illumination. These ...

Since 2020, ray-tracing has been heralded as the next big thing in gaming technology. Gone were the talks about poly-count and animations, and ray-tracing was on a pedestal as the be-all and end-all ...