Recomended specs for Ray Tracing setting?

[Hobo Clyde]

Wanting to try out that new ray tracing setting, but not sure if my pc can handle it at max setting.
These are my current specs:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Primary VRAM: 8191 MB
RAM: 16300 MB
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
What would be enough to run ray tracing at maximum setting?

[I HeaR vOices]

think what fps you have .... then slice it in 1/2 or more. (some areas better and some worse) Just try it, won't blow your pc up or anything (I hope ) I have a 3080 12gb and Many places area solid 60 and others can drop to mid 40's (1440p). (also for the cpu keep it low (or medium at most if it works well enough for you in those good area (dungeons and maybe legacy dungeons... test it in those first)).

[Psychic]

Originally posted by Hobo Clyde:

What would be enough to run ray tracing at maximum setting?

Depends on the resolution, but a 4070ti would be enough for 1080p/1440p with everything max. There will be some areas (dense forests) where it will drop from 60fps, but 95% of the time it will be 60fps.

[IchigoMait]

There's not much point running it at max settings. It's biggest effect is adding different AO and fixing AO in terms of halo around objects or edges.
If you disable SSAO, raytracing doesn't do much besides being identical to max shadows, which is just shadow resolution and maybe distance.

The biggest effect you get already when you have the min amount of SSAO and Raytracing, after that quality increase is negligible for a much lower performance.

[ZTL-Altima]

Originally posted by Psychic:

Originally posted by Hobo Clyde:

What would be enough to run ray tracing at maximum setting?

Depends on the resolution, but a 4070ti would be enough for 1080p/1440p with everything max. There will be some areas (dense forests) where it will drop from 60fps, but 95% of the time it will be 60fps.

It's not enough for 1440p. Too many drops even with rt on low.

[Psychic]

Originally posted by Parsify:

It's not enough for 1440p. Too many drops even with rt on low.

I see...I have a 4080 and never drops with RT High on 1440p, so I assumed a 4070ti would not be far.

[Master]

Did you guys ever crash after ray tracing was 1st enabled? Game keeps crashing when ray tracing is enabled for me. 3060Ti here

[CourtesyFlush09]

performance takes a 34% hit on a 2070, according to Digital Foundry's new analysis video. Not worth it at all.

[Hobo Clyde]

Just asking for a straight answer. What do I need to upgrade?

[königplatzen]

Originally posted by Hobo Clyde:

Just asking for a straight answer. What do I need to upgrade?

Basically everything.
ER needs a huge CPU and memory (Dual Channel and XMP) and Raytracing needs a huge GPU. That's not, because you get an awesome graphic experience, but it's not very well optimized.

IMO, I wouldn't invest too much to get Raytracing going, because the effect is minimal. Except, you want a better gaming PC anyway for other games

[CazadorDeLobo]

Originally posted by Hobo Clyde:

Just asking for a straight answer. What do I need to upgrade?

Nothing. You're asking for your money to fix the game.

[CourtesyFlush09]

Originally posted by CazadorDeLobo:

Originally posted by Hobo Clyde:

Just asking for a straight answer. What do I need to upgrade?

Nothing. You're asking for your money to fix the game.

Well said.

[Psychic]

Originally posted by königplatzen:

Originally posted by Hobo Clyde:

Just asking for a straight answer. What do I need to upgrade?

Basically everything.
ER needs a huge CPU and memory (Dual Channel and XMP) and Raytracing needs a huge GPU. That's not, because you get an awesome graphic experience, but it's not very well optimized.

IMO, I wouldn't invest too much to get Raytracing going, because the effect is minimal. Except, you want a better gaming PC anyway for other games

This here, although I don't think it's a "minimal effect", you should upgrade your CPU and RAM.
RTX 2080 is ok for now if you don't want ray tracing or everything on max, otherwise you need to upgrade it as well.

[cheetah1546]

yeah my 2070 super is close to a 2080 and I don't go for raytracing in any game

because it's just not worth the performance impact

[dark-breed]

Originally posted by Master:

Did you guys ever crash after ray tracing was 1st enabled? Game keeps crashing when ray tracing is enabled for me. 3060Ti here

Crashes with rt on are not related to the game, check bios updates, check Firmware update for your gpu, check driver Updates, check Windows for damage, check c++ redistributables or repair them.

[Mr.Fluffins]

Originally posted by Psychic:

Originally posted by Parsify:

It's not enough for 1440p. Too many drops even with rt on low.

I see...I have a 4080 and never drops with RT High on 1440p, so I assumed a 4070ti would not be far.

4090 and 13900K, it drops below 60 (sometimes even 50) with any level of RT in some areas. Meanwhile CPU and GPU utilization remain low.
The game is just not very well optimized, expensive hardware wont really solve it.