ray tracing-hardware or software?

[Roie]

well...title says it all!

[krbi]

Both.

[Roie]

Originally posted by dmng:

Both.

what do you mean both?

[Chili Chicken]

I believe Hardware is better for performance but it will only work if you have a graphics card that supports it.

[ChubbiChibbai]

Originally posted by Roie:

Originally posted by dmng:

Both.

what do you mean both?

The game offers both.
It's Lumen which is Unreal 5's take on Ray Tracing - meaning it doesn't need an RTX card to run.

Lumen offers both hardware versions of their RT (which will take advantage of your GPU) or software which (still uses your hardware lol - but its the one to try if you have an older GPU or hardware doesn't work)

I believe you are asking which option to choose?
If so then i'd suggest hardware and if that doesn't' work try software.

[WildDogsGaming]

his answer was as clear as the question you were trying to ask. If you post a unclear question, expect a unclear answer.

[LoneWolfLegend]

Originally posted by Roie:

well...title says it all!

if we could turn both off. the game would run smoother. but lumen has no option to be turned off.


DEVS GIVE US THIS PLEASE!!!

[Mon]

The question was very clear, I'm having way lower performance with Hardware than with Software, and I got a 3080ti, make of that what you will.

[JGdaCaesar]

Hardware runs way worse than software with a 5090

[Richard Slinger]

same as these two above 3080ti, software lumen is about 10-15fps+ whereas hardware drops frames that much. I cant see a damn difference in shadows either.

[Dr. Minnericht]

Usually the difference between hardware and software lumen would be higher quality off-screen reflections and less light leaking through thin objects/walls/doors. I haven't tried this game yet though.

Edit:

Hardware lumen is doing a higher fidelity version of RT than software, so even though it's running on RT-specific hardware that doesn't mean it would run faster, because it's doing a more expensive task overall.

[Darthpibe]

Originally posted by JGdaCaesar:

Hardware runs way worse than software with a 5090

Dude i tried hardware option and i get weird pink colors in hair is that normal?

[PROJEKTXI]

Hardware Lumen even on low looks MILES better than software Lumen on high.

[soul like that be capable of]

Originally posted by Roie:

Originally posted by dmng:

Both.

what do you mean both?

cant use both . top one only if your card support it . lower one if it doesnt

[HaganVS]

Originally posted by Chili Chicken:

I believe Hardware is better for performance but it will only work if you have a graphics card that supports it.

Well you believe wrong, software lumen high is actually around 20fps faster on my 4070 than the "hardware".

And the quality is indistinguishable.

Maybe it's a bad implementation for NVIDIA, who knows, but for now it is what it is, software RT beats Hardware, doesn't NVIDIA look kinda stupid with its "fancy" Tensor cores.

[DeadJericho]

software lumen, even at its highest setting, is nowhere near as good looking as hardware rt at high

the difference in shadow depth is massive. reflections are also culled significantly

i tried it last night near the waterfront player home. its awful looking out over the lake with software lumen compared to hardware. plus you get all the ssr artifacts aswell