Is ray tracing really worth it?

Stefan Mileschin · 11th August 2021, 06:36

Adam Vjestica exposes the Emperor's new clothes

Adam Vjestica at Tech Radar appears to have opened a can of worms by pointing out that despite the hype, ray tracing is really not worth bothering about and he has a point.

At the moment all the big names are hyping up ray tracing as a cure for cancer, but while it does seem to have some advantages it comes with such a performance hit it makes it effectively useless.

Vjestica cites Ninja Theory’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice received a surprise update for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on August 9, which introduced several next-gen optimisations for the game such as ray tracing, a higher resolution target and a 120fps mode.

https://fudzilla.com/news/graphics/5...eally-worth-it

11th August 2021, 06:36	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,769	Is ray tracing really worth it? Adam Vjestica exposes the Emperor's new clothes Adam Vjestica at Tech Radar appears to have opened a can of worms by pointing out that despite the hype, ray tracing is really not worth bothering about and he has a point. At the moment all the big names are hyping up ray tracing as a cure for cancer, but while it does seem to have some advantages it comes with such a performance hit it makes it effectively useless. Vjestica cites Ninja Theory’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice received a surprise update for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on August 9, which introduced several next-gen optimisations for the game such as ray tracing, a higher resolution target and a 120fps mode. https://fudzilla.com/news/graphics/5...eally-worth-it

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