GART: Games and Applications using RayTracing

Small note for AMD HW ...

Avoid using the CreateCommittedResource API since allocation is slow ...

 

F1 2021 patch pulls ray-tracing on PS5 "to aid stability"
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...tch-pulls-ray-tracing-on-ps5-to-aid-stability

 

oh, wow.

 

Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 Remastered on PC will support RT reflections accelerated by hardware RT (the same way as Crysis 1 Remastered), and software SVOGI.
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/crysis-2-3-remasters-will-support-ray-tracing-only-on-pc/

On another note, Hellblade will be receiving a patch adding hardware RT reflections on PC soon.

 

Aug 24, 2021

 

Dying Light 2 raytraced GI looks fantastic. Would be even better if we could actually buy GPUs to enjoy them...

 

Aug 25, 2021

Little Nightmares II gets next-gen ‘Enhanced Edition’ with ray-tracing | KitGuru

 

This is a good example of what I expected to happen once RT took hold. In the RT off examples the fallback was very unrealistic looking hard shadows. They didn’t bother implementing an advanced rasterized soft shadow option. So it’s not really comparing to the best rasterization has to offer but can’t blame them for not spending the extra time.

I wonder why it looks better than Metro though. Maybe better materials.

 

Yes this was my thoughts when watching the video. We've had shadow falloff tech for a long time and there have been games that have implemented it really well at an obvious extra cost. Whether they chose not to implement or it's simply off in the "RTX" video to exacerbate the difference, we'll know when its released.

 

The GI difference seems minimal. Certainly nothing on the level of improvement seen in Metro.

 

Serious Sam TFE: Ray Traced
This unofficial port is available for download right now. And yes, this is a free download, meaning that everyone can download it from here : https://github.com/sultim-t/Serious-Engine-RT/releases
As you would expect, Serious Sam TFE: Ray Traced requires the files from the original game. In order to showcase these new Ray Tracing effects, sultim-t released the following trailer. This trailer shows off most of the game’s Ray Tracing effects.

"RivaTuner (or MSI Afterburner) may cause CRASHES, in that case, disabling them should help"

 

A bit more info on the impressive Serious Sam ray tracing update:
Serious Sam: The First Encounter Ray Traced Looks Amazing in New Launch Trailer (wccftech.com)

 

You sure about that date ?

 

Their wording is a little mixed ... they mean the Ray Traced remake is from the 2001 game version and seems not to include the 2009 HD changes.

 

Some new techniques added to Wicked engine

 

Older AMD GPUs receive unofficial support for Vulkan Ray Tracing | KitGuru
Sept. 21, 2021

 

October 25, 2021

 

October 28, 2021

 

Is Bright Memory Infinite a full game now?

 

One man development teams typically take longer but the end is in sight. November 11 is the release date and should be available on Steam, GOG and Playism.