What is ray tracing in gaming and does it really make a difference?

By Dave Meikleham · Engadget · Saturday, 10 October 2026 at 18:00 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

Ray tracing makes light's behavior more realistic in supported games, but your PC has to use a lot of horsepower to make that happen.

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