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Epic Games Demonstrates Real-Time Ray Tracing With Star Wars
Continuing the theme from the Game Developers Conference this year, Epic Games in collaboration with ILMxLAB and NVIDIA are showing off real-time ray tracing in the Unreal 4 engine. The video is using Microsoft’s new DXR framework and NVIDIA RTX technology for Volta GPUs, powered by Microsoft's DirectX Ray Tracing API, or DXR.
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#5530366 Posted on: 03/22/2018 10:00 AM
Looks very cool indeed.
Looks very cool indeed.
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#5530390 Posted on: 03/22/2018 11:17 AM
So what is it going to cost us to use this new facny tech, let me guess, a new video card by any chance, in the region of say £1000. lol
Yes, i have become somewhat cyinical of it all. lol
So what is it going to cost us to use this new facny tech, let me guess, a new video card by any chance, in the region of say £1000. lol
Yes, i have become somewhat cyinical of it all. lol
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#5530403 Posted on: 03/22/2018 11:52 AM
Phasma is a pretty perfect example of a star wars character to test ray tracing on hahaha..
I can't help but take this as shots fired at EA.
Phasma is a pretty perfect example of a star wars character to test ray tracing on hahaha..
I can't help but take this as shots fired at EA.
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#5530405 Posted on: 03/22/2018 11:56 AM
I find the special effects and the scenario much better than the latest movies
I find the special effects and the scenario much better than the latest movies
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#5530438 Posted on: 03/22/2018 01:07 PM
Today's video cards can't even handle 4k 60fps ultra yet (at least not on all titles). So I'd say we're definitely quite a few years away before we can experience 4k 60fps ultra settings with Ray tracing.
Today's video cards can't even handle 4k 60fps ultra yet (at least not on all titles). So I'd say we're definitely quite a few years away before we can experience 4k 60fps ultra settings with Ray tracing.
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#5530444 Posted on: 03/22/2018 01:19 PM
4K was and still is overrated.
People should understand it from all those CGI movies where 10% of content is real and rest is CGI. You do not see that it is not real world. And on 1080p it looks better than any game ever did and does on 4K.
So, if it is 4K old rendering vs 1080p High Quality Raytracing. I'll continue advocating better quality 1080p to further technology.
What do you need 4K anyway?
Because you run TAA/TXAA which blurs damn many adjacent pixels and 4K minimizes its sharpness crippling effect?
Because you prefer High Fidelity textures over high complexity and density objects on screen?
Why? You can have 8K resolution and it brings nothing new to the table.
If you had supercomputer at hand, you would be playing 1080p games with movie class photo-realistic image quality.
Today's video cards can't even handle 4k 60fps ultra yet (at least not on all titles). So I'd say we're definitely quite a few years away before we can experience 4k 60fps ultra settings with Ray tracing.
4K was and still is overrated.
People should understand it from all those CGI movies where 10% of content is real and rest is CGI. You do not see that it is not real world. And on 1080p it looks better than any game ever did and does on 4K.
So, if it is 4K old rendering vs 1080p High Quality Raytracing. I'll continue advocating better quality 1080p to further technology.
What do you need 4K anyway?
Because you run TAA/TXAA which blurs damn many adjacent pixels and 4K minimizes its sharpness crippling effect?
Because you prefer High Fidelity textures over high complexity and density objects on screen?
Why? You can have 8K resolution and it brings nothing new to the table.
If you had supercomputer at hand, you would be playing 1080p games with movie class photo-realistic image quality.
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#5530454 Posted on: 03/22/2018 01:28 PM
4K was and still is overrated.
People should understand it from all those CGI movies where 10% of content is real and rest is CGI. You do not see that it is not real world. And on 1080p it looks better than any game ever did and does on 4K.
So, if it is 4K old rendering vs 1080p High Quality Raytracing. I'll continue advocating better quality 1080p to further technology.
What do you need 4K anyway?
Because you run TAA/TXAA which blurs damn many adjacent pixels and 4K minimizes its sharpness crippling effect?
Because you prefer High Fidelity textures over high complexity and density objects on screen?
Why? You can have 8K resolution and it brings nothing new to the table.
If you had supercomputer at hand, you would be playing 1080p games with movie class photo-realistic image quality.
To watch 4K movies that have photo-realistic quality CGI anyway. To be able to choose between more/higher quality objects and/or resolution depending on the game. Productivity reasons. Etc.. lots of reasons for 4K to exist.
4K was and still is overrated.
People should understand it from all those CGI movies where 10% of content is real and rest is CGI. You do not see that it is not real world. And on 1080p it looks better than any game ever did and does on 4K.
So, if it is 4K old rendering vs 1080p High Quality Raytracing. I'll continue advocating better quality 1080p to further technology.
What do you need 4K anyway?
Because you run TAA/TXAA which blurs damn many adjacent pixels and 4K minimizes its sharpness crippling effect?
Because you prefer High Fidelity textures over high complexity and density objects on screen?
Why? You can have 8K resolution and it brings nothing new to the table.
If you had supercomputer at hand, you would be playing 1080p games with movie class photo-realistic image quality.
To watch 4K movies that have photo-realistic quality CGI anyway. To be able to choose between more/higher quality objects and/or resolution depending on the game. Productivity reasons. Etc.. lots of reasons for 4K to exist.
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#5530456 Posted on: 03/22/2018 01:30 PM
So what is it going to cost us to use this new facny tech, let me guess, a new video card by any chance, in the region of say £1000. lol
Yes, i have become somewhat cyinical of it all. lol
Nvidia said they used 4x NVlinked Volta V100:s to run that in 1080p 24fps.
So yeah, no way this is getting in games until they find some cheaper solution or we wait until gpu:s have 10x or more power than currently.
So what is it going to cost us to use this new facny tech, let me guess, a new video card by any chance, in the region of say £1000. lol
Yes, i have become somewhat cyinical of it all. lol
Nvidia said they used 4x NVlinked Volta V100:s to run that in 1080p 24fps.
So yeah, no way this is getting in games until they find some cheaper solution or we wait until gpu:s have 10x or more power than currently.
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#5530461 Posted on: 03/22/2018 01:32 PM
4K was and still is overrated.
People should understand it from all those CGI movies where 10% of content is real and rest is CGI. You do not see that it is not real world. And on 1080p it looks better than any game ever did and does on 4K.
So, if it is 4K old rendering vs 1080p High Quality Raytracing. I'll continue advocating better quality 1080p to further technology.
What do you need 4K anyway?
Because you run TAA/TXAA which blurs damn many adjacent pixels and 4K minimizes its sharpness crippling effect?
Because you prefer High Fidelity textures over high complexity and density objects on screen?
Why? You can have 8K resolution and it brings nothing new to the table.
If you had supercomputer at hand, you would be playing 1080p games with movie class photo-realistic image quality.
No, I am sorry but I enjoy 4k. That's all your opinion. I'm also guessing you don't have a 4k screen.
4K was and still is overrated.
People should understand it from all those CGI movies where 10% of content is real and rest is CGI. You do not see that it is not real world. And on 1080p it looks better than any game ever did and does on 4K.
So, if it is 4K old rendering vs 1080p High Quality Raytracing. I'll continue advocating better quality 1080p to further technology.
What do you need 4K anyway?
Because you run TAA/TXAA which blurs damn many adjacent pixels and 4K minimizes its sharpness crippling effect?
Because you prefer High Fidelity textures over high complexity and density objects on screen?
Why? You can have 8K resolution and it brings nothing new to the table.
If you had supercomputer at hand, you would be playing 1080p games with movie class photo-realistic image quality.
No, I am sorry but I enjoy 4k. That's all your opinion. I'm also guessing you don't have a 4k screen.
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#5530492 Posted on: 03/22/2018 02:48 PM
No, I do not. They "fix" artificially made problems and bring other disadvantages. I would rather have 3x 1080p.
@Denial : 4K vs multiple screens for productivity... multi screen always wins due to flexibility and comfort.
Screen used for coding can be turned 90 degrees. Each screen has its own window set arrangement. I started to use multi-screen 15+ years ago and there is nothing better.
And mind that I did not write about watching movies, but playing games. Movies are mentioned so everyone understands that they are product of computer. I wrote about playing CGI quality-like 1080p game vs 4K game with traditional rendering.
No, I am sorry but I enjoy 4k. That's all your opinion. I'm also guessing you don't have a 4k screen.
No, I do not. They "fix" artificially made problems and bring other disadvantages. I would rather have 3x 1080p.
@Denial : 4K vs multiple screens for productivity... multi screen always wins due to flexibility and comfort.
Screen used for coding can be turned 90 degrees. Each screen has its own window set arrangement. I started to use multi-screen 15+ years ago and there is nothing better.
And mind that I did not write about watching movies, but playing games. Movies are mentioned so everyone understands that they are product of computer. I wrote about playing CGI quality-like 1080p game vs 4K game with traditional rendering.
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#5530498 Posted on: 03/22/2018 02:56 PM
No, I do not. They "fix" artificially made problems and bring other disadvantages. I would rather have 3x 1080p.
@Denial : 4K vs multiple screens for productivity... multi screen always wins due to flexibility and comfort.
Screen used for coding can be turned 90 degrees. Each screen has its own window set arrangement. I started to use multi-screen 15+ years ago and there is nothing better.
And mind that I did not write about watching movies, but playing games. movies are mentioned so, everyone understands that they are product of computer. I wrote about playing CGI quality-like 1080p game vs 4K game with traditional rendering.
I know what you meant, I'm just saying people have different use cases. I used to have 3, 27" monitors, I'm down to two now and honestly probably going down to 1 in the near future for aesthetic purposes (my computer is in my living room now, where I used to have it in hidden away). I'd rather have a 4K, ~32/34" monitor. Most of the games I play like SC2, League of Legends, Overwatch, I can play them all at 4K 60+FPS with no issue. For newer games I just lower the resolution, the scaling is good enough, when I get a new GPU I can drop it in and suddenly a bunch more old games I can bump the res up again. I also occasionally watch movies at my desk when I'm working, so having 4K movie support is nice. I don't think 4K is overrated, I don't think it's underrated either, it's just rated lol. If I had to choose between 4K and other features, like adaptive sync/HDR, then yeah I'd probably drop 4K.. but I don't - I can get everything in one package.
No, I do not. They "fix" artificially made problems and bring other disadvantages. I would rather have 3x 1080p.
@Denial : 4K vs multiple screens for productivity... multi screen always wins due to flexibility and comfort.
Screen used for coding can be turned 90 degrees. Each screen has its own window set arrangement. I started to use multi-screen 15+ years ago and there is nothing better.
And mind that I did not write about watching movies, but playing games. movies are mentioned so, everyone understands that they are product of computer. I wrote about playing CGI quality-like 1080p game vs 4K game with traditional rendering.
I know what you meant, I'm just saying people have different use cases. I used to have 3, 27" monitors, I'm down to two now and honestly probably going down to 1 in the near future for aesthetic purposes (my computer is in my living room now, where I used to have it in hidden away). I'd rather have a 4K, ~32/34" monitor. Most of the games I play like SC2, League of Legends, Overwatch, I can play them all at 4K 60+FPS with no issue. For newer games I just lower the resolution, the scaling is good enough, when I get a new GPU I can drop it in and suddenly a bunch more old games I can bump the res up again. I also occasionally watch movies at my desk when I'm working, so having 4K movie support is nice. I don't think 4K is overrated, I don't think it's underrated either, it's just rated lol. If I had to choose between 4K and other features, like adaptive sync/HDR, then yeah I'd probably drop 4K.. but I don't - I can get everything in one package.
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#5530528 Posted on: 03/22/2018 04:03 PM
I was a 4k skeptic until i tried it, and i was blown away, i still am, i just bought Titanfall 2 on the XBX and the game is just breathtaking in 4k, just stunning, and now that i have let the 4k genie out of the bottle i cannot put it back in, and it is painfully obvious when i go back to 1080p games, 4k is just night and day, well for me anyway.
No, I am sorry but I enjoy 4k. That's all your opinion. I'm also guessing you don't have a 4k screen.
I was a 4k skeptic until i tried it, and i was blown away, i still am, i just bought Titanfall 2 on the XBX and the game is just breathtaking in 4k, just stunning, and now that i have let the 4k genie out of the bottle i cannot put it back in, and it is painfully obvious when i go back to 1080p games, 4k is just night and day, well for me anyway.
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#5530564 Posted on: 03/22/2018 05:34 PM
I'm not a fan of 4K until you get a monitor of at least 32 inches. I do like 2K on 27 to 30 inch screens as the difference between 2K and 4K on this sized screen at normal desk viewing distances is minimal plus no tweaking resolutions etc to get games to play. Also the higher res does make text nice and crisp as well for everyday use. This is how I plan to go until GPU's easily do 4K at 60fps and higher, which will be a few more years. Hopefully by then we will have some MicroLED monitors that do proper HDR without burn in issues(one can dream).
I'm not a fan of 4K until you get a monitor of at least 32 inches. I do like 2K on 27 to 30 inch screens as the difference between 2K and 4K on this sized screen at normal desk viewing distances is minimal plus no tweaking resolutions etc to get games to play. Also the higher res does make text nice and crisp as well for everyday use. This is how I plan to go until GPU's easily do 4K at 60fps and higher, which will be a few more years. Hopefully by then we will have some MicroLED monitors that do proper HDR without burn in issues(one can dream).
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#5530570 Posted on: 03/22/2018 05:43 PM
Yeah I'm gaming on a 43 inch 4k tv as a monitor. Setting my games to 1080p is painful to my eyes after getting used to 4k.
Yeah I'm gaming on a 43 inch 4k tv as a monitor. Setting my games to 1080p is painful to my eyes after getting used to 4k.
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Looks cool