Didn't things like the Cyberpunk enhanced Path tracing only come out last year. Last generation I didn't need a new GPU when the RTX4000 came out I needed a new GPU. I didn't care for AMD last generation as I didn't need it at that point.
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What do gamers actually think about Ray-Tracing?
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Caporegime
This about power draw. Many of the RX6000 series dGPUs like the RX6600/RX6800 were very efficient and nobody seemed to care. Yet people on social media(including some reviewers) were harping on how efficient the "RTX4060" and "RTX4070" were,despite the poor generational improvements.
Also,don't really care about this generation as the sub £500 stack was just a generally mediocre improvement in many areas,because of the rebranding. Prices are finally getting closer to what they should have been at launch,but I might as well wait for something newer.
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Associate
I am sure there are people who make efficiency the pinnacle of their GPU purchasing decisions over any of the other metrics, but they're edge cases*, not 50% of a poll.
*and weirdos
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Caporegime
Looks like raster performance isn't even that important anymore
The crypto minecels have taken over.
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Caporegime
Energy efficiency is just another way of saying more performance(RT/Raster) for the same or less power, because its unlikely someone is upgrading to a new GPU that performs the same as their current one.
So, if you vote for energy efficiency, it could just mean you want a better GPU but without needing to upgrade your rig due to higher power requirements.
If you voted for RT, it doesn't mean you want a GPU that uses 1kW under load, is terrible at raster , costs £10K and has 2MB of VRAM.
So, if you vote for energy efficiency, it could just mean you want a better GPU but without needing to upgrade your rig due to higher power requirements.
If you voted for RT, it doesn't mean you want a GPU that uses 1kW under load, is terrible at raster , costs £10K and has 2MB of VRAM.
Man of Honour
Look at the screen space layer shining through when you lower RT in games like Outlaws, it's quite shocking 
Almost a 100fps difference though
Almost a 100fps difference though
Man of Honour
That can be tested incurrent path traced games, the difference is about 60fps, so Outlaws with RTXDI is actually considerably more demanding than actual path tracing which is quite funny in itself.
Remember there is no raster option for Outlaws, it's all RT, either low or max, RTXDI is just enhanced RT.
Remember there is no raster option for Outlaws, it's all RT, either low or max, RTXDI is just enhanced RT.
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Caporegime
Look at the screen space layer shining through when you lower RT in games like Outlaws, it's quite shocking
Almost a 100fps difference though
Game is a turd though - if they can't even get the basics right,I am doubtful they have spent any effort on the graphics side.
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Man of Honour
I'm actually enjoying the exploration even if much of the mechanics are a bit pants. Unlike Starfield that got really boring and repetitive, this at least is keeping things varied with some Star Wars lore to experience in the process in the planets etc.
Caporegime
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is out in November - won't have RT at launch apparently but hopeful it is good,considering how atmospheric the previous games were.
Forgot about the DLC! Might get back into it. Having too much fun with Fallout:London - BTW,a new patch is out soon,you should give it a try.
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Yeah. Saw the news about the Fallout London patch. Sounds promising. But I just have too many games get through right now before I get to that. Gives it more time to get another patch or two
Great to hear you are enjoying it and beta testing it for me though
I have STALKER 2 on preorder already for £25. Will be playing that one on release.
Caporegime
Yeah. Saw the news about the Fallout London patch. Sounds promising. But I just have too many games get through right now before I get to that. Gives it more time to get another patch or two
Great to hear you are enjoying it and beta testing it for me though
I have STALKER 2 on preorder already for £25. Will be playing that one on release.
It does crash a bit - but the effort they made is enormous. I can recognised the areas on the map as I walked through them myself.
Man of Honour
Stalker 2 is UE5 so will have software RT via Lumen so all is not lost, and the trailers they have shown so far show super clean visuals without the typical Lumen artefacts so they seem to have gone the extra mile with cleaning up Lumen noise and everything on PC.