I'm not super knowledgeable about the nitty gritty side of video game technology, but it has always interested me in trying to understand the technology that goes into modern games, and especially the hardware that coincides with allowing for said tech to be more easily implemented. One of the biggest selling points this generation, as well as one of the most interesting technologies for me personally, is ray tracing. Microsoft, and Sony have both really pushed this technique in the initial marketing of their premium consoles, and how both the Xbox Series X and the PS5 were fully capable of achieving ray tracing.
However, while this is indeed the case, it seems that neither machine is really that great at it; in many cases, they appear to have to make considerable sacrifices for RT to be achieved. My question to the more knowledgeable people here on Era is: Why is that, exactly? What do the consoles lack that they would perhaps need to see better results in this area? I know that AMD generally isn't as good as Nvidia in regards to ray tracing, but why? Have they not put as much, I guess, "R&D" into it, or do their cards not have something that Nvidia ones do, and that translates to the consoles?
I guess I could have easily just researched this on my own, but there are a lot very smart and knowledgeable people here, and I am genuinely curious as to what y'all have to say. Teach me, I am your sponge!
However, while this is indeed the case, it seems that neither machine is really that great at it; in many cases, they appear to have to make considerable sacrifices for RT to be achieved. My question to the more knowledgeable people here on Era is: Why is that, exactly? What do the consoles lack that they would perhaps need to see better results in this area? I know that AMD generally isn't as good as Nvidia in regards to ray tracing, but why? Have they not put as much, I guess, "R&D" into it, or do their cards not have something that Nvidia ones do, and that translates to the consoles?
I guess I could have easily just researched this on my own, but there are a lot very smart and knowledgeable people here, and I am genuinely curious as to what y'all have to say. Teach me, I am your sponge!