I was surprised to see Steam downloading a new 2.4 GB patch to Control Ultimate Edition today, while preparing to do more ...

Real-time ray-tracing is not only hardware intensive to the point where it needs dedicated hardware to run complex calculations for advanced lighting effects but also heavy on VRAM usage. This has led ...

If you want to play games on a PC, you'll need a graphics card (GPU). From "Cyberpunk 2077" to "Red Dead Redemption 2" and "Palworld," you'll need video RAM from a GPU to make it happen. And on your ...

Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) is getting a huge boost. The new DLSS 3.5 update adds a feature called Ray Reconstruction to the suite, and it promises to make ray tracing more realistic ...

Daniel writes guides on how to use the internet, explainers on how modern technology works, and the occasional smartwatch or e-reader review. He especially likes deep diving into niche topics that ...

Although AMD makes some of the best graphics cards, there’s one thing it has always struggled with when compared to Nvidia: ray tracing. Even though RDNA 3 brought some improvements in that regard, ...

The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro lack hardware-enabled ray tracing. This feature allows for more realistic lighting and reflections, but few games support it. Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung, and Apple chips ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Demystifying ray tracing for the next generation. Ray tracing is an ...

The gaming industry has been a forefront for technology since its early days, pushing the expectations of things like handheld computing, online communication, and of course, graphics. For the last ...

When Doom: The Dark Ages launched back in May, developers id Software promised that it would add an extra graphics option in a later patch, specifically path tracing. The stompy-stompy shooter uses ...

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 ...