#cs#hardware#graphics#ray-tracing#rendering
Ray Tracing: Chasing the Light
The moment I turned on 'RTX ON' in Cyberpunk 2077, my framerate got cut in half. Turns out it was calculating every single ray of light.
February 19, 2025
Codemapo
The moment I turned on 'RTX ON' in Cyberpunk 2077, my framerate got cut in half. Turns out it was calculating every single ray of light.
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