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Poll: Do you care for Ray Tracing "now"?
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I voted not yet. There are some good implementations but it doesn't add enough yet to warrant the performance impact. When RT hardware is significantly more powerful and developers can increase the amount of rays etc then I'm sure we'll see some really impressive stuff.
As a 6800 XT owner the feature I’d rather have is DLSS to use instead of TAA in some games.
As a 6800 XT owner the feature I’d rather have is DLSS to use instead of TAA in some games.
We’re really just seeing a very basic version of ray tracing currently, the amount of rays and bounces are limited, In the future that could well increase but it’ll likely be a very subtle image change for another chunky performance hit. Likely be an option in games in the future for low\medium\high\ultra amount of rays and bounces, and i really doubt the difference between them will be worth the performance hit.
Surprised by the number of No’s. I would have thought more would be no but later, rather than an outright no. That’s like saying you are not interested in better and more realistic graphics essentially isn’t it? Maybe it is early and I am missing something though 
Probably just poor options to pick from on the poll, as right now people just see a price tag attached to it and just say no, rather than actually not wanting better image quality I guess.
Probably just poor options to pick from on the poll, as right now people just see a price tag attached to it and just say no, rather than actually not wanting better image quality I guess.
Soldato
Yeah it's seeing a pricetag for often no benefit whatsoever (because people play games that don't use RTX). Very clear that "No" is the correct option.
That's not to say the situation won't be different in the future, but that's based on the assumption there'll be games with RTX that we'll want to play, and we just don't know if that's true.
That's not to say the situation won't be different in the future, but that's based on the assumption there'll be games with RTX that we'll want to play, and we just don't know if that's true.
It is where it is all headed imo. As hardware gets better more and more games will use it as not only is it better for graphics but it makes development easier as I understand it.
Caporegime
My prediction was right.
We should probably rerun this poll again in a year or two, see if we can get more than 50% of the voters to care about Ray Tracing at the time of the poll.
Perhaps it is largely down to the cost i.e. you need 3070+ level or a 6800xt/6900xt for some kind of RT but is surprising how many have said "no", given how many of those people buy the best of the best in order to get the best visual experience they canSurprised by the number of No’s. I would have thought more would be no but later, rather than an outright no. That’s like saying you are not interested in better and more realistic graphics essentially isn’t it? Maybe it is early and I am missing something though
Probably just poor options to pick from on the poll, as right now people just see a price tag attached to it and just say no, rather than actually not wanting better image quality I guess.
I never expected "yes" to be the most popular given how vocal some are on RT being a gimmick etc. but I was expecting far less "yes" votes.
Only a matter of time until everything becomes RT/path traced, whatever you want to call it imo and not just for it being the next generational leap in visuals but more so because of how much easier it makes the developers life and as we all know, the crunch is a very serious/big problem for the game development industry when it comes to meeting deadlines. I think given that developers are implementing RT wherever they can even for the console versions shows how much they value it and with the next refresh/gen of consoles is where we'll see the next step up, until then, it will mostly just be RT titles like GOTG, ghostwire, RE village with a few in between like DL 2, cp 2077, chernobylite and even rarer ones like metro ee and the upcoming avatar where it will be RT only.
Soldato
I got a little "confused" by the way the question was phrased. If it had asked "Do you care for Ray Tracing....?" I would have ticked the 3rd option, the "later" one.
But it asked the question with, to me, an emphasis on "now".
So I just saw that as a yes or no choice.
I'll go back to lurking "now"
But it asked the question with, to me, an emphasis on "now".
So I just saw that as a yes or no choice.
I'll go back to lurking "now"
Caporegime
I read it as, Yes I care about it now. No I don't care about it now, and I don't care about it now but maybe I will in a few years. I don't think the fourth option was really needed.
The only thing this shows is that the majority of people do not care about Ray Tracing right now, which is largely what I expected it to be although I didn't think there would be quite so many outright no votes.
Yup this is purely for the here and now.
The last option "never will care for it, rasterization all day long!!!" was just there for giggles tbh However, there have been a few people that said they rather have rasterization over RT any day because of it "looking better", "being more vibrant/saturated" etc.
People should be able to change their vote if they want.
The last option "never will care for it, rasterization all day long!!!" was just there for giggles tbh
However, there have been a few people that said they rather have rasterization over RT any day because of it "looking better", "being more vibrant/saturated" etc.People should be able to change their vote if they want.
Perhaps it is largely down to the cost i.e. you need 3070+ level or a 6800xt/6900xt for some kind of RT but is surprising how many have said "no", given how many of those people buy the best of the best in order to get the best visual experience they can
I never expected "yes" to be the most popular given how vocal some are on RT being a gimmick etc. but I was expecting far less "yes" votes.
Only a matter of time until everything becomes RT/path traced, whatever you want to call it imo and not just for it being the next generational leap in visuals but more so because of how much easier it makes the developers life and as we all know, the crunch is a very serious/big problem for the game development industry when it comes to meeting deadlines. I think given that developers are implementing RT wherever they can even for the console versions shows how much they value it and with the next refresh/gen of consoles is where we'll see the next step up, until then, it will mostly just be RT titles like GOTG, ghostwire, RE village with a few in between like DL 2, cp 2077, chernobylite and even rarer ones like metro ee and the upcoming avatar where it will be RT only.
Yea, to be honest though even with the games out now turning in RT lowers fps. I am not even sure if next gen cards will be in a place where turning it on keeps fps the same as it being off. So yeah, it won’t be until next refresh of consoles that we will get more a d better rt games.
You can change it very easily
I had a feeling some were confused by the way the whole thing is structured to be honest. Everyone should care about RT. As I said it’s like saying I don’t care about better graphics. There should have been not have even been a no option. We already had a never button for the special few
I am actually surprised by how many have voted yes to be honest.
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Yea, that one does look very good. Hope the game turns out good too.
Agreed.
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The keyword "future" in "No but in the future" is a very long time.
I can see myself gaming still in 30 years time. I don't understand why so many gave a categorical "No" that they'll never ever be interested in Raytracing. Sometime during the next 30 years, I doubt they'll even be an option to turn Raytracing off. Raster lighting won't exist in the distant future.
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