World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Ray Tracing Screenshot Comparisons Released

[WYP]

Is Ray Tracing worth it?



Read more about Ray tracing's impact in World of Warcraft.

 

[Dark NighT]

Just had a look on the slidy screenshots, there is a slight difference but sadly the art style of this game still doesn't sell me at all, with or without rtx.

 

[WYP]

Just had a look on the slidy screenshots, there is a slight difference but sadly the art style of this game still doesn't sell me at all, with or without rtx.

TBH, I think ray traced Global Illumination would have had a huge impact. It is strange that they are focusing on shadows TBH.

 

[Warchild]

Just had a look on the slidy screenshots, there is a slight difference but sadly the art style of this game still doesn't sell me at all, with or without rtx.

Thats exactly what im thinking, many turn down detail to enjoy smoothness in wow. With such little difference, its not worth the performance hit if any at all.

 

[Greenback]

Thats exactly what im thinking, many turn down detail to enjoy smoothness in wow. With such little difference, its not worth the performance hit if any at all.

I was just about to say if it gives a hit of more than 1 fps the difference isn't worth it

 

[hmmblah]

The videos I've seen it's a pretty big performance impact for little gain. Hopefully they will expand upon it over time and add more RTX to the game while increasing performance.

Edit: Some more examples on the official forums.

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/n...op-enabling-ray-traced-shadows-in-shadowlands

 

[Avet]

TBH, I think ray traced Global Illumination would have had a huge impact. It is strange that they are focusing on shadows TBH.

I am not an expert in RT but I would assume shadows are easier to implement than Global Illumination.

WoW engine isn't the newest kid on the block, and it has been reworked, botched, upgraded, and downgraded a million times. RT Shadows are probably the first step of adding full blown RT effects.

Blizzard is working with Nvidia on this so I expect more and more features to be added over time.

 

[Pr3d4t0r]

just another feature that'll never get enabled outside of questing, because engine as is can't handle raiding beyond lowest possible settings.

wow subs are like 500k ish now aren't they? surprised they even bothered with another xpac.

 

[looz]

I wonder if light emitted by spell effects will cast shadows real time - might look pretty nice in combat.


@Pr3d4t0r the game's subs soar after each expansion, pretty sure they reached 10m even with the latest expansion.

 

[Warchild]

I wonder if light emitted by spell effects will cast shadows real time - might look pretty nice in combat.


@Pr3d4t0r the game's subs soar after each expansion, pretty sure they reached 10m even with the latest expansion.

but it rapidly drops to around 2m I think. Its a fragment of its golden days of 13million subscribers. Many however are back to play classic. Not the retail version.