Ray tracing looks fantastic, but the performance cost has always been a bitter pill to swallow. So much so, I tend to play with it turned off in a lot of games these days, unless it’s vital to how the…
DirectX preview reduces dynamic scene update costs. Microsoft has introduced clustered geometry and partitioned top-level acceleration structures (PTLAS) in DirectX Agility SDK 1.722 Preview, giving game developers new tools to reduce the cost of maintaining ray-tracing data in complex, dynamic scenes.
Enter to search English articles · Esc to close · ↑↓ to move Translated from the Japanese original The new preview addresses this problem at two levels: the geometry inside objects and the placement of the whole scene. Specifically, it combines the following…
Half-Life 2 RTX's demo now includes a new DLSS Frame Generation mode for GeForce RTX 40 and RTX 50 graphics cards, alongside support for compatible Windows on ARM systems. Orbifold Studios' October 23 update adds Preset C, the Performance Mode also available on RTX…
Frame pacing with AMD's FSR 4 Frame Generation have been thoroughly tested, and the results are interesting to say the least. AMD Finally Fixes Frame Pacing In Its FSR 4 Frame Generation
Last week, Activision released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on PC. The game supports Ray Tracing, but turning it on disables NVIDIA DLSS. It’s a strange choice, to say the least. Still, this restriction gives us an opportunity to test…
PC gaming has long been the testing ground for the industry’s flashiest upgrades, from ray tracing to upscaling to multi-frame generation. Now NVIDIA is pushing that reputation a step further with DLSS 5, a new rendering feature that has arrived first…
AMD has released FSR SDK 2.4, bringing its machine-learning upscaling and frame generation to Vulkan games. Players will need developers to integrate the update before those features become available. Existing Vulkan games using FSR 3.1 will not gain the newer ML features…
Microsoft has announced the release of DirectX 12 Agility SDK 1.620 Retail and 1.722 Preview, introducing significant improvements to ray tracing, GPU efficiency, and Advanced Shader Delivery. The company describes the latest DirectX Raytracing (DXR) enhancements as its most substantial update since the…
NVIDIA Reflex 2, the next evolution of the innovative tech used today in over 100 games to reduce latency, promises to further reduce latency by up to 75%. As announced during CES 2025, NVIDIA Reflex... NVIDIA Reflex 2 Will Reduce Latency in Games by Up…
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