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What do gamers actually think about Ray-Tracing?

GoogalyMoogaly

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Is RT stuff restricted to DX12/Vulkan or is it doable in DX11 too?
Now I realise I'm not really up-to-date on games, but the few games I play that have DX12 or Vulkan renderer options seem to not recommend them. They seem to be experimental or for Linux. I'm just wondering if the uptake in things like RT are affected by the uptake of DX12/Vulkan?
 

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Ray tracing doesn’t work with DirectX 11.

DirectX 12 is newer and the current in-development update, so could be considered experimental depending on context, and is required for newer features.

Here’s a developer blog that explains some of the reasons why DirectX 12 is important.

devblogs.microsoft.com

DirectX 12 and Fortnite - DirectX Developer Blog

On Monday, Epic Games announced that DirectX 12 support is coming to Fortnite. And today, the wait is over: anyone updating to the v11.20 patch has the option to try out Fortnite’s beta DX12 path! What does this all mean? Let’s see if we can help!
devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com
 
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