The amount of VRAM isn’t really the issue, even an extremely good GPU like the 7900XTX (with 24GB VRAM) struggles with some ray tracing workloads because it requires specially designed hardware to run efficiently
Fair, but it’s been shown time and time again that most users are either on “intro level” gpus or weaker. Heck, a midrange from 2 years ago is an 8gb card. I’m not sure how they expect to sell this game at all unless it’s just planned to be a bundle add-on for the 50xx/90xx series cards.
Currently the most popular gpu according to the steam survey is a 3060. That plays the only other mandatory RT game, indiana jones, at 60fps on high. A 2080 can play on low at 50.
8gb is intro level for gpus anyway so that’s not a big deal
I suppose if you’re going to have ray tracing it cuts down development time to not have to redo lighting again for when the feature is off
The amount of VRAM isn’t really the issue, even an extremely good GPU like the 7900XTX (with 24GB VRAM) struggles with some ray tracing workloads because it requires specially designed hardware to run efficiently
Fair, but it’s been shown time and time again that most users are either on “intro level” gpus or weaker. Heck, a midrange from 2 years ago is an 8gb card. I’m not sure how they expect to sell this game at all unless it’s just planned to be a bundle add-on for the 50xx/90xx series cards.
Currently the most popular gpu according to the steam survey is a 3060. That plays the only other mandatory RT game, indiana jones, at 60fps on high. A 2080 can play on low at 50.