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Half year after the release is still better than never, right?
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider Finally Gets Nvidias Ray Traced Shadows and DLSS
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https://steamcommunity.com/app/750920/discussions/0/3362406825550848019/
Half year after the release is still better than never, right?
Took a few screenshots in the benchmark:
Ultra shadows vs Ultra raytracing shadows (no DLSS)
Framerate reveals which is which
Ultra shadows vs Ultra raytracing shadows (no DLSS)
Framerate reveals which is which
Here are some RTX ultra, max details, DLSS off screenshots from my 2080:
Some scenes show the difference more than others, but the difference in performance on my 2080 is pretty small. Refer to above screens.
You kind of have to see it in motion to tell the difference.
Some scenes show the difference more than others, but the difference in performance on my 2080 is pretty small. Refer to above screens.
You kind of have to see it in motion to tell the difference.
honestly. if you held a gun to my head and told me to tell you which is which without the framerate counter i wouldnt make it. But im glad to see more things getting rtx support i suppose
Contact hardening and proper penumbras are easily noticeable in the second pair of shots above. The first pair is a big trickier to compare.
This ray tracing technology is nothing but a total fail. No matter where you look at it .
The difference is almost not visible . Yet the frame drop makes it like you playing a PS3 level game compared to a PS4 ...but on PC .
Who the hell want his fps to drop that much just to see a reflection or a stupid shadow on a window ? Give me a break
The difference is almost not visible . Yet the frame drop makes it like you playing a PS3 level game compared to a PS4 ...but on PC .
Who the hell want his fps to drop that much just to see a reflection or a stupid shadow on a window ? Give me a break
Hmmmm.
I'll have to give it a go myself. Bar the second pairing, the rest of the screens aren't doing anything for me.
I'll have to give it a go myself. Bar the second pairing, the rest of the screens aren't doing anything for me.
"Ray Tracing is not but a total fail" - this is "Square shot themselves in the foot" levels of stupidity. Ray tracing has been a thing in offline rendering for ages and games will follow suit sooner or later on a massive scale. Also, SOTTR isn't really a benchmark for RTX and never was. Also, take some time to actually watch a video of the tech in motion.
I think the global illumination in Metro: Exodus is looking pretty good. I look forward to seeing more of this in games.
Raytraced reflections can also be pretty nice for scenes with lots of reflections.
The difference is in framerate, duh.
I couldn't imagine saying this if I spent any substantive amount of time in a game with DXR on and off. It's astonishing in BFV and Metro Exodus looks tremendous (from outside looking in).
My 9700k and a 2080ti both over clocked with everything on the highest settings but without dlss in game benchmark.
At 4k I get 25 fps average.
At 1440p I get 45 fps average.
At 1080p I get 61 fps average.
At 4k dlss I get 49 fps average.
At 1440p dlss I get 71 fps.
If I reduce a setting or two I can play it at 50hz therefore 50 fps at 4k dlss.
I was unable to get 60fps without ray tracing so played on 50 hz vsync anyway.
I'm happy for now but will see how much the dlss affects the visuals.
At 4k I get 25 fps average.
At 1440p I get 45 fps average.
At 1080p I get 61 fps average.
At 4k dlss I get 49 fps average.
At 1440p dlss I get 71 fps.
If I reduce a setting or two I can play it at 50hz therefore 50 fps at 4k dlss.
I was unable to get 60fps without ray tracing so played on 50 hz vsync anyway.
I'm happy for now but will see how much the dlss affects the visuals.
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The first example with the kids with glowsticks is a big difference, OK. But the 2nd one with the people dancing near the lights, they turn on RTX and...most of the shadows disappear. Don't really care what's realistic or not, especially at this performance cost.
lol, exactly. Bummer.
Also, I'm done with this game. Finished it, had an okay-experience, enjoyed some cool locations, wondered about the dreadful combat, was mesmerized by the graphics and visuals. But in the end nothing extraordinary. Ray tracing doesn't seem to change that and doesn't elevate the graphics on a next level (which the fps would suggest...)
Dont be obtuse - you can tell.
Also, it is nice to take screenshots of shadows, not areas completely in shadow.
That doesn't seem right at all, look at my screenshots above... oh, benchmark. I haven't run that. Is it representative of ingame performance?
Not as impressive as reflections or illumination, that's for sure. But still neat. I'm glad they finally released it.
It was smaa4x, I know its demanding but was curious to see what I got with the absolute maximum settings.
I've updated my original post.
Dlss obviously turns off any other AA.
Don't know what you are talking about, all screenshots posted in this thread so far have shadows in them, difference is minimal while performance hit is up to 2x. RTX in SotTR was always the least impressive implementation of the tech, IMO.
I bet all those people (same in every RTX thread) will not see difference even in new Q2 raytracing patch lol.
Way to dumb down and simplify discussion and issues that people have with RTX. This is not what most people are saying. Argument is that difference isn't big enough to warrant such massive hit to performance and increase in hardware cost.
You know it's not a coincidence that RTX turned into a meme, because most of the time there really isn't a massive perceivable difference in image quality.
All BFV RTX promo footage revolved around a couple of puddle filled maps. And all TR RTX promo revolves around this one dance floor location.
I'm sorry but this is video is hilarious.
Am I crazy? Or at the switch 43 seconds in, do the NPC's up close suddenly cast shadows while the ones in the far background already had them but disappear with RTX turned on? Wtf?
Then at 2:33, literally nothing happens. Commentary acts mindblown and has to force the audience to react. lol. The beauty is you turn it on indeed.
I'm sure it has to look better in person or direct feed, but damn... No way these examples are worth the performance hit.
I'm not seeing any disappearing shadows at the 43 second mark. The shadows get softer but that's actually more realistic.
Took a few more during gameplay, spot the difference:
Framerate basically halves when turning on RTX shadows. In the last picture it even went from 100fps down to 20fps
Framerate basically halves when turning on RTX shadows. In the last picture it even went from 100fps down to 20fps