Digital Foundry praises Crimson Desert for strong native 4K performance with ray tracing and surprisingly reasonable PC requirements.

Path tracing can make a game look absolutely astonishing, and although it will still hammer GPUs like nothing else for a good ...

PC Gamer recently noted that, among the 21 most popular PC games of 2025, only five make use of hardware-accelerated ray tracing. While the demanding technology ...

Last fall, we examined real-time ray tracing performance in 3D modeling programs and discussed some of the promises and challenges surrounding the technology. At the time, there weren't any hardware ...

Microsoft has announced DirectX Raytracing 1.2 at the GDC conference with claims of "game changing" performance benefits. But the newly revised API looks an awful lot like it has incorporated some key ...

Microsoft has released DirectX 12 Agility SDK 1.619 as the retail package that formalizes Shader Model 6.9 and expands the “shipping-ready” surface area for several Direct3D 12 features.

That's five of the 21 most popular games.

Close to 16 months ago, the $750 PlayStation 5 Pro didn’t exactly set our world alight with its capabilities. More GPU cores ...

Imagination Technologies has revealed plans for a new GPU with an integrated ray tracing unit. Are hybrid renderers and combined approaches the future of gaming? Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Gaming graphics have been on a constant improvement trajectory since the early days, with new technologies leveling up the experience. Ray tracing has been one such focus that brings gorgeous lighting ...

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 Saturn was Sega's fifth generation fully-3D console, launched in 1994 to compete with the PlayStation 1 and Nintendo 64—and all these years later, homebrew developer XL2 has managed to create a ...