DirectX updates could boost ray tracing performance up to 90%

Ray tracing is a gee-wiz feature for the most powerful hardware out there, but you do need, well, powerful hardware in order to use it. Tricks like supersampling and frame generation can make it more accessible, but you’re still gonna take a performance hit to see the coolest, prettiest lighting effects. But the latest version of DirectX might help that performance—by a huge margin.

According to Microsoft engineer Amar Patel, the company is now testing newer versions of DirectX ray tracing...