Ray Tracing

[Swarf-proudmoore]

Yay or Nay?

[Xelphina-moon-guard]

In WoW, nay; barely a noticeable improvement for a chunk of FPS loss. WoW’s engine isn’t capable of lighting, either.

Other games, for sure. In Minecraft, swapping out RTX textures changes the style of how the world looks.

[Swarf-proudmoore]

@Xelphina-moon-guard

chunk of FPS loss

Is this normal for ray tracing or is something just wonky with it in wow?

[Xelphina-moon-guard]

Normal for ray tracing. The main difference between WoW and everything else:

• There’s significant graphical improvement in some other games that some players just eat the FPS loss and enjoy.

• There are other graphical features in some. other games that’ll improve FPS, like DLSS.

[Asterchades-uther]

@Xelphina-moon-guard

There are other graphical features in some. other games that’ll improve FPS, like DLSS.

WoW has had FSR for a while now (since 9.1.5). It’s only FSR 1.0, but it’s still there. Works in tandem with the scaling option and has adjustable sharpening.