Since 2020, ray-tracing has been heralded as the next big thing in gaming technology. Gone were the talks about poly-count and animations, and ray-tracing was on a pedestal as the be-all and end-all ...

In this Crimson Desert video showcasing Pearl Abyss' in-house BlackSpace Engine, which is the Engine used in the upcoming open-world action-adventure game, take a look at the Ray Tracing feature. The ...

Ray tracing technology is changing how modern games render light by simulating how rays travel, bounce, and interact with objects in a virtual environment. This allows graphics rendering to produce ...

In context: Shader Execution Reordering significantly reduces the performance cost of ray tracing and path tracing in games such as Alan Wake 2 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on recent Nvidia ...

Roundup: Nvidia's RTX Remix modding suite exited beta in March, granting modders full access to tools that enhance classic PC games with full ray tracing, also known as path tracing. An ongoing ...

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 ...

Ray tracing and path tracing are two major technologies shaping modern gaming graphics and graphics rendering in 2026. In this graphics comparison, both techniques improve lighting, reflections, and ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. NVIDIA has announced that the Path Tracing Patch for DOOM: The Dark Ages will be released on June 18, and once downloaded, DOOM players can make their ...

Sarah has been a writer all her life, and spent several years as a successful ghostwriter for numerous websites prior to becoming an editor and contributor for GameRant in 2015. She kicked off her ...

Ray tracing and path tracing sound similar — and technically, they are. Both methods simulate how light travels in a 3D environment, but the way they work and the results they produce are completely ...

AMD says it's about to adopt a "brand-new rendering approach" when it comes to ray tracing, and specifically path tracing, in the latest games, thanks to a new dedicated hardware block in its next-gen ...

Nintendo has confirmed the Switch 2 uses DLSS and ray tracing technology, but has yet to go into detail on how exactly, or show them off. Nvidia DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an AI-powered ...