In brief: Nvidia launched its push toward hardware-accelerated ray tracing in 2018 with its GeForce RTX 20 series graphics cards, promoting the technology as a defining feature of next-gen gaming.

IO Interactive's 007 First Light and Remedy's Control Resonant are the two next big 2026 games to launch with path tracing support on PC.

The latest DirectX release standardizes advanced rendering features key to path-tracing performance and the use of AI in games.

Graphics in games don’t improve in a steady, gentle slope. They jump. Someone ships a look that feels like it arrived from five years ahead, and then everyone else has to scramble to match it, ...

Whether you're revisiting a classic, losing hours in "git-gud" platformers, or pushing heavier hitters to the limit, your gaming experience is only as good as your gaming setup. Smooth frames, stable ...

The recently released Shader Model 6.9 brings Microsoft's official take on Shader Execution Reordering (SER) out of preview. Nvidia and a few game developers have already ...

Check out the latest Samson trailer for this upcoming action-adventure game. The new Samson trailer showcases that the game will launch with ray tracing and NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution to enhance ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft’s new DirectX ray tracing updates could deliver performance boosts of 40-90% through Shader ...

Capcom has reportedly removed ray tracing in Resident Evil Requiem for the PS5 Pro in the latest patch, as opposed to letting players choose.

I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine. Running GTA 5 Enhanced with Ray Tracing. Currently running at 3 ...

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