That 9070xt looking more and more tempting
this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2025
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Until you try VR or Ray tracing
Sounds like someone who hasn't used AMD in a while.... VR works fine since a couple of years already , and RT sure, is a bit behind (specially on Nvidia showcases.. Shocker those run better on Nvidia), but RDNA4 has been a significant upgrade... And even then RT is still a Gimmick showcase that only looks amazing using real PT that not even the $2000+ card can run properly.
It was an issue last year, wasn't sure that it was ever resolved. I know VR performance was poor in reviews for the latest cards as well. Well poor when compared to a similarly priced NVidia card with SPS.
Path tracing is amazing in Cyberpunk and Indiana Jones. It's sooo much better than without. Can never go back at this point
Yes you can, just play other stuff... Just this year I've played and completed 10 games, including new games like FF7 Rebirth, and guess what? You can have fun with non RT lighting.
Like I said, PT is amazing, but if you need a $2000 GPU to experience it (and still have to rely on upscaling and FG to have a playable experience), maybe it's just isn't ready, it's still a tech demo.
Hell Indiana Jones non PT Ray Tracing still looks great and can be ran on reasonable hardware, a 3060 can do 60fps average on native 1080p at high settings, that's reasonable. A 5090 can do 40fps at 4K using PT, no DLSS...
sure sure DLSS and all that... The native performance is still what dictates the end result.. I'm not paying $2K to get 40fps.... RT is great on paper for devs, but CLEARLY devs are still having issues with it and the hardware isn't there yet.
But clearly you're probably an Nvidia fanboy so there's no changing your mind.
Yea I'm running a 5090 so I use Path tracing on everything. One of the reasons I got it was so I could use path tracing at 4k.
Which you can't without AI.
Oh interesting there was also a botched Nvidia update on OpenSuse recently that sunk my battleship.
It happened to me on EndeavourOS too.
Ah clever strategy, introduce an update that makes previous generations run worse, so people would feel compelled to buy the newer ones!
lol if this happens to me it will be the straw that pushes me to uninstall Nvidia’s app and go back to manual driver installs