ackillesBAC t1_ivvxo9w wrote on November 11, 2022 at 12:22 AM

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Path tracing is the new holly grail. Abit different then ray tracing, alot more complex, and physically accurate.

The big push now for dlss and other ai based upscaling I think is silly, why fake a high res picture when you could use ai to accelerate path tracing and other raw features and render at true high res and high performance.

Dlss reminds me of 3d tv's, and 200 Hz tv's, just a sales gimmick. Which is what Ray tracing currently is to.

Reliv3 t1_ivxpy1w wrote on November 11, 2022 at 11:49 AM

I never heard of path tracing before. Do you have any recommended reading I can do to learn about it?

ackillesBAC t1_ivyhh0m wrote on November 11, 2022 at 3:38 PM

https://youtu.be/BcLpRaiIoiQ

jnemesh t1_ivyi4g9 wrote on November 11, 2022 at 3:42 PM

upscaling lets you render at much lower resolutions and still maintain most of the quality of rendering native. I am NOT on board with DLSS 3's frame generation BS, though. But the ability for a mid range card to render in "4k" with raytracing is a huge benefit!

ackillesBAC t1_ivynah7 wrote on November 11, 2022 at 4:17 PM

Ya it's good for low end I agree with that, but should be avoided for high end. If I spend 1000+ on a video card I want high performance and true high quality.

You don't see photographers asking for upscaling, you do see photographers asking for higher resolution, less compression, hdr, and ai for auto focus and other things.

I think highend photography and highend graphics have alot in common and the graphics is guided by photography