DirectX just made shader execution reordering official, boosting ray tracing performance in games

The recently released Shader Model 6.9 brings Microsoft's official take on Shader Execution Reordering (SER) out of preview. Nvidia and a few game developers have already ...
PCMag

With This Microsoft Update, Game Devs Could Have New Trick for Bolstering FPS

With Shader Execution Reordering, some Intel and Nvidia GPUs deliver up to 90% greater FPS in a specific path-tracing ...
IEEE

Dynamic Scheduling for Data-Parallel Path Tracing of Large-Scale Instanced Scenes

Abstract: Data-parallel ray tracing is a crucial technique for rendering large-scale scenes that exceed the memory capacity of a single compute node. It partitions scene data across multiple nodes and ...
TechSpot

The most popular PC games still rarely use hardware ray tracing

In brief: Nvidia launched its push toward hardware-accelerated ray tracing in 2018 with its GeForce RTX 20 series graphics cards, promoting the technology as a defining feature of next-gen gaming.
Seeking Alpha

Dynatrace Is Still Growing Quickly Despite A Conservative Valuation

Dynatrace trades at a significant valuation discount to Datadog despite strong revenue, earnings, and free cash flow growth. DT’s net revenue retention remains above 110%, and margins are stable, ...
PC Gamer

The creators of a popular Dark Souls 2 lighting mod are experimenting with path tracing and, oh boy, it no longer looks like an Xbox 360 game

Dark Souls 2's 'ugly beautiful' look is a bit more beautiful. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
Insider Monkey

Jim Cramer on UiPath (PATH): “It’s Still Too Expensive a Stock”

UiPath Inc. (NYSE:PATH) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer looked at recently. A caller asked for Cramer’s opinion on the stock, and he remarked: You know, I have not liked UiPath because this whole idea ...
Hosted on MSN

Syracuse basketball still has a narrow path to the postseason

The 'Big 3' of Syracuse athletics has plenty of news this week, with the basketball team heading to play Virginia on Saturday, the lacrosse team hosting Saint Joseph's at the JMA Wireless Dome at the ...
USA Today

The Guthries' ransom demand is in Bitcoins for a reason

Amid the hunt for "Today" cohost Savannah Guthrie's mom Nancy Guthrie, TMZ and an Arizona CBS News affiliate report receiving demands for millions in Bitcoin for her release. TMZ said its note ...
The Herald-Times

Eastern Greene girls basketball still on the path to rebuilding

EASTERN HEIGHTS — Not everyone wanted to stay on the ride until it came to a complete stop. Those that did hang around for the Eastern Greene girls basketball team stayed buckled in and made it ...
InfoQ

Agent Trace: Cursor Proposes an Open Specification for AI Code Attribution

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