Ray Tracing ON vs OFF // Graphics Comparison #1

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04:02 Cyberpunk 2077

[OokileyGMR]

It's a technology that's going to take some time for developers to properly use in their games. A lot of examples are just turning everything into a mirror and exaggerating the amount of water in places, that's not necessarily realistic.

[tokyospliff]

Of course the ray traced renders look incredible but some of the rasterisation only images are unbelievably close. Blows my mind how far we've pushed raster.

[chrisrojas]

Raytracing = water turns into liquid mercury

[apcook]

Can't tell you how many times my reflection scared the crap out of me in Control.

[jackkeilman]

While retracing does bring a more natural feel to games, I honestly could argue it looks hyper-real over actually real. The wet surfaces demonstrate this perfectly. While they would reflect like a mirror, it would not be as well defined as what rtx is displaying. Even completely still water would not show a perfect reflection. I just think that rtx on is an extreme case of proper lighting while rtx off is the opposite. Games designers need to find that sweet spot in between both modes so that it will look closer to real life and not be as much off a butcher with frames.

[soumik]

It looks over the top when compared side by side. But to be honest, without the RTX on, it is still very impressive and, at times it is difficult to understand if the game is being played with or without the RTX on. The only real thing is the water reflection. It is really unbelievable and hyper realistic.

[germanturkish]

You should also keep in mind that SSR can only mirror what is on the screen, if you look down a bit everything is gone. thats why real time is the only way to do that

[alexandradeon]

Image difference is negligible but the drop in fps is unacceptable 😑

[MMWch]

BENCHMARKS, just a tip:
Try to have more moments when the camera and character are still, so we can pause the video and use the 5 sec. button to quick switch, back and forth, between versions.
Thats a good way to pay attention to the detais.

[korndud]

the difference is small but big at the same time. i think its more immersive in dramatic games.

[screamingicecream]

Raytracing: waters cool...

everything else: no

[elderroll]

you should've had added some close shots on some objects producing light like lamps, candles, etc. people only noticed the reflections because it was only the most obvious thing to notice. metro exodus has a lot of dark areas with small lighting objects. anyway, nice vid.

[WomanSlayer]

RTX Off: Frames per second
RTX On: Flames per second

[NawiTheCore]

Unless you're paying attention or look at two images side by side, it's really hard to notice.

[Danigon]

My only issue with raytracing is that it still kills fps even when raytraced reflections aren't on screen

[warnacokelat]

I think ray tracing is good for lighting effects and reflections on glass surfaces. Other surfaces seems to be excessive.

[lukephillips]

I think the biggest improvement with raytracing is not reflections but global illumination. In scenes lit primarily from sunlight there is a subtle but noticeable change in the way the ground is lit that make the scene feel much more natural and rea.

[ReTrospectiveVids]

I was gonna do a similar video showing off JUST Cyberpunk and call it ‘Framerate ON vs Framerate OFF’

[starlyn]

I think that in addition to being a graphic advance, by the way it embraces the marking, for example, in the case of Cyberpunk, I think that the reduction of reflections (not to say total disappearance) on the water is intentionally exaggerated, and that when seeing the comparison you feel super tempted to have that feature, if you don't have an NVIDIA card, buy it yes or yes, maybe I'm wrong, maybe not.