


Image used with permission by copyright holderĪlthough Atomic Heart ditched ray tracing, it didn’t ditch RTX altogether. It would, as ray tracing normally does, add additional depth to lighting and shadows, but the traditional rasterized techniques employed by the game already look fantastic and save a lot in the performance department. I’m sure Nvidia would like another showcase of ray tracing to sit alongside Cyberpunk 2077 and Warhammer 40,000 Darktide, but Atomic Heart doesn’t need ray tracing. It’s no secret that ray tracing tanks your performance, and with games like Portal RTXintroducing features like RTX Direct Illumination, it can make even high-end systems look downright puny. That might surprise you considering Atomic Heart doesn’t support ray tracing on PC (or consoles, for that matter) at launch.ĭeveloper Mundfish says ray tracing is coming after launch in a patch, but Atomic Heart is better off without it. Atomic Heart: Official GeForce RTX Real-Time Ray Tracing DemoĪtomic Heart has been the centerpiece of Nvidia’s ray tracing showcases since the first RTX generation was introduced in 2018.
