I and others are talking about its current incarnation.
Many iterations of the tech implementation + brute force improvements in the hardware.
Because if you consider real time Ray tracing as just a simple evolution of what current raster techniques are doing, then I have no choice but put into question how much you actually know about it.
By your logic we should be still playing games in 8 bits. Like seriously, I am glad people who actually push for better real time graphics enhancement don't share your mentality. It's so close-minded.
Lol, 3d compared to 2d is a radical change, better lighting(which quality varies based on the location of the Chracter for raster only) is nowhere near the same level of difference, it is frankly embaressing for you that you even made this comparison.
Read what I say...
I get what he is seeing. He isn't denying that rt is the next step, he is just saying that perceptually to him, the jump to PBR was bigger than what we have seen with rt. Control with rt is a more stunning control but it's not a jump like uncharted 3 to uncharted 4. That's all he is saying and I would agree but I would also say that it's an unfair comparison because control is fundamentally a current gen game + rt where as uncharted 4 was a game made from the ground up with PBR and next gen tech in mind, it's not PS3 tech with PBR tacked on.
"How to purposefully gimp the base game to promote a feature" the screenshot
I think this is the best comparison yet. Good job Alex :)
But why does it have be an all or nothing implementation? Just like other graphical advances, these things are always implemented partially and improved upon over time.
So all other games are purposefully gimped, even though they do not have RT based screenspace shadows?
You cannot have revolution without evolution. Software development is about trial and error, devs need to use RT to know how they can utilize it and how they can optimize it. Not only that, but hardware, API and driver engineers also needs guidance from industry where to push technology further. Its combined effort to make it a reality, but it takes time, many iterations and experimentation.
Sorry for my low res pic, had to use remote play to grab it quickly. But there's his nose and eyes and head.
Edit: got damn that is even more lower res than I thought 😭
Ohh shut it, you know that that picture is deceiving. It's on the developer to implement it without the need of RT.
abload.de is fantastic for future reference (it's in German but shouldn't be too hard to navigate).
These are my screenshots from my PC RTX 2080 Max Q 90W! RT makes a BIG Difference. This Is MAX Everything at 1080p With RT ON. I get 40 to 50 FPS and I dont mind at all.
Yeah, I should have said it better. I agree with what you said, cherry picked is better.
Its not deceiving. Its shows how lighting breaks in rasterization and can be fixed with proper RT support. It doesnt mean that rasterization is useless or is always inaccurate, but many time it is and you hardly can do anything about it without making it stupidly expensive. Name me any game and i'll show you similar situation happening in that game.
Normal Minecraft looks like shit dude. We're comparing it to games where they put effort in the faked lighting. That RT can transform butt ugly games is great news for ... a handful of titles.
