Ray Tracing To Debut in DirectX 11 219
crazyeyes writes "This is breaking news. Microsoft has not only decided to support ray tracing in DirectX 11, but they will also be basing it on Intel's x86 ray-tracing technology and get this ... it will be out by the end of the year!
In this article, we will examine what ray tracing is all about and why it would be superior to the current raster-based technology. As for performance, well, let Intel dazzle you with some numbers. Here's a quote from the article: 'You need not worry about your old raster-based DirectX 10 or older games or graphics cards. DirectX 11 will continue to support rasterization. It just includes support for ray-tracing as well. There will be two DirectX 11 modes, based on support by the application and the hardware.'"
Call me old and grumpy (Score:5, Funny)
Wow direct X 11 (Score:1, Funny)
Re:To Tech ARP... (Score:4, Funny)
By the way: It is already April 1st over there.
Re:Surprisingly forward thinking on MS' part (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, it's a very cromulent word.
Major breakthrough for Business Software (Score:5, Funny)
Finally all business software will have the feature of showing the cause of most problems. (See also "Error Id: 10T" and PEBKAC)
Re:Wow direct X 11 (Score:3, Funny)
....You forgot to carry the one a hundred million times or so.
Re:Call me old and grumpy (Score:5, Funny)
Modern Ray Tracing is OVERRATED!!! (Score:3, Funny)
34.2 minutes per rendered frame gives me plenty of time to do other things around the house.
Actually, I would have mentioned Turbo Silver instead if there were any good links for it.
Re:Call me old and grumpy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:SAY NO TO THE GAY AGENDA (Score:1, Funny)
Thankyou GOD! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Surprisingly forward thinking on MS' part (Score:5, Funny)
That's a lie. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:SAY NO TO THE GAY AGENDA (Score:4, Funny)
Gay people don't want to take over the world. They just want to redecorate it.