Ray Tracing To Debut in DirectX 11

crazyeyes writes "This is breaking news. Microsoft has not only decided to support ray tracing in DirectX 11, but they will also be basing it on Intel's x86 ray-tracing technology and get this ... it will be out by the end of the year! In this article, we will examine what ray tracing is all about and why it would be superior to the current raster-based technology. As for performance, well, let Intel dazzle you with some numbers. Here's a quote from the article: 'You need not worry about your old raster-based DirectX 10 or older games or graphics cards. DirectX 11 will continue to support rasterization. It just includes support for ray-tracing as well. There will be two DirectX 11 modes, based on support by the application and the hardware.'"

Comments

Call me old and grumpy

[Bullseye_blam]

But I am really annoyed that April Fool's has now become a multi-day event.

Re:Call me old and grumpy

[pohl]

No doubt. At this point the best slashdot could do on April 1 is post 100% real stories and watch everybody try to figure out where the silly fake stuff is.

Re:Call me old and grumpy

[Ed Avis]

Just like any other day of the year then?

Wow direct X 11

[Dunbal]

This is great news for the 14 people who actually own Vista.

Re:Wow direct X 11

[Charcharodon]

I think you made a minor math error....

....You forgot to carry the one a hundred million times or so.

Re:To Tech ARP...

[F-3582]

Yep, like Microsoft's:

Who told you this? We have been monitoring your articles based on leaked Microsoft information and like this one, they are ALL incorrect. Please let us know who your source is so we can correct him. (Editor : Or fire him???) Note that we have notified our legal department and the FBI as all Microsoft internal documents are not meant to be taken out of the building. They will be in touch shortly. Please extend all courtesies in cooperating with their investigation. (Editor : Good luck! We are in Malaysia!)

By the way: It is already April 1st over there.

Re:Surprisingly forward thinking on MS' part

[the_humeister]

...parallelifyable (is that a real word?).

Yes, it's a very cromulent word.

Major breakthrough for Business Software

[Thanshin]

Raytracing allows the implementation of mirrors in 3d environments.

Finally all business software will have the feature of showing the cause of most problems. (See also "Error Id: 10T" and PEBKAC)

Modern Ray Tracing is OVERRATED!!!

[SomeoneGotMyNick]

I'll hold on to Imagine for my Amiga until it's pried from my cold, dead hands.

34.2 minutes per rendered frame gives me plenty of time to do other things around the house.

Actually, I would have mentioned Turbo Silver instead if there were any good links for it.

Re:SAY NO TO THE GAY AGENDA

[Anonymous Coward]

No, it did say Adam and Steve. That's what you get for reading a shoddy translation.

Thankyou GOD!

[Cathoderoytube]

I thought PC gaming was in the throes of death. Fortunately now PC game developers will be able to use Ray Tracing instead of implementing the much ballyhooed 'fun' that graphically inferior console games seem to be touting.

Re:Surprisingly forward thinking on MS' part

[powersponge]

I am anaspeptic, frasmotic, compunctious even, for the writer to have caused you such pericombobulations. Here's to hoping that he will apologize interfrastically.

That's a lie.

[pavon]

This can't be Windows 7 only - Linux has had Direct X11 for years. This is yet another case of Microsoft playing catchup.

Re:SAY NO TO THE GAY AGENDA

[Trespass]

Damn straight.

Gay people don't want to take over the world. They just want to redecorate it.