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Optimize the PC game, with our guide to the best RE Requiem settings for frame rate, motion blur, ray tracing and more.

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Demystifying ray tracing for the next generation. Ray tracing is an ...

The gaming industry has been a forefront for technology since its early days, pushing the expectations of things like handheld computing, online communication, and of course, graphics. For the last ...

Path tracing can make a game look absolutely astonishing, and although it will still hammer GPUs like nothing else for a good ...

Ray tracing and path tracing sound similar — and technically, they are. Both methods simulate how light travels in a 3D environment, but the way they work and the results they produce are completely ...

The concept of ray tracing has been bandied about for more than a generation. Since 1968, it has been viewed as a promising technology, especially for visual arts disciplines and, in particular, the ...

After years of fans asking—nay, demanding—that Ubisoft chose old Japan for the historical setting of a major game in the 17-year-old series, Assassin's Creed: Shadows is finally here. I should have ...

Ray-traced global illumination, reflections, and shadows are some of the most visually stunning effects you could ask for in a racing game, especially one so gorgeous as Forza Horizon 6. However, it ...

PC Gamer recently noted that, among the 21 most popular PC games of 2025, only five make use of hardware-accelerated ray tracing. While the demanding technology ...

The penchant for video games to develop better graphical capabilities has been ingrained into development DNA since the first playable games were released decades ago. Fast forward to current times ...