Stefan Mileschin

Analysis: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ray tracing angle

Nvidia’s Turing architecture has brought real-time ray tracing to consumers, and last year’s Battlefield V was the flagship game supporting this technology, which was previously reserved for professional graphics and off-line rendering for decades.

However, there is still a big misconception to overcome - the notion that one needs a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti to experience real-time ray tracing. In fact, a GeForce RTX 2060, which costs around $300 offers good ray tracing performance for many gamers.

This coverage might appear one-sided as AMD currently doesn’t offer hardware that accelerates the DirectX Raytracing industry standard. Both Radeon VII and the recently introduced Navi-based RX 5700 just cannot run it. Once AMD joins the ray tracing game, which they will at some point in 2020, we will be eager to check the state of affairs.

Just recently, one of the biggest blockbuster games with ray tracing support entered the fray. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is one of the best selling games of 2019, and almost every first-person shooter lover ended up being a customer. It offers a single- and multi-player experience, and it is a great game with exceptional graphics. Activision, Infinity Ward, and Beenox, the companies behind this big title, chose to use ray-traced shadows to create realistic lighting. The end-result is far more accurate lighting and more immersive experience.


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