Ray tracing is often hailed as the apex of gaming graphics, cited as the reason behind peak immersion and realism. Nvidia brought real-time ray tracing to consumer GPUs in 2018 and pushed the ...

Forward-looking: Recent big game releases appear to confirm that ray tracing and path tracing are the future of graphics rendering. However, these techniques remain prohibitively computationally ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Series introduces RTX Neural Rendering technologies, enhancing ray-traced visuals and performance. Alan Wake 2 is the first to implement RTX Mega Geometry, improving ...

It was in 2018 when Nvidia revealed its real-time ray tracing technology for games, titled Nvidia RTX. At the time, many people thought it to be the next best thing for video games, while others felt ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mobile games are now pushing the boundaries of visual fidelity thanks to great improvements in hardware performance. With the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Ray Tracing support was a major part of the ...

WWDC 2025 revealed some upgraded tools for game developers that'll make games render at higher resolutions, faster frame rates, and improved ray tracing with fewer resources. Apple didn't make that't ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...

Back in 2018, I remember sitting on my couch watching the RTX 20-series announcement on my then-decently powerful gaming laptop. Jen-Hsun took to the stage in a biker jacket, jokingly announced the ...

In a surprising move, one of the studios that is working on Battlefield 6 revealed that the game won’t feature any ray tracing at all. Not only is this feature not planned for launch, but there are ...

Priye's fondness of gaming started early when he first beat Double Dragon II and couldn't stop himself from doing it all over again every chance he got. Since then, playing a bunch of Contra, GTA, ...