While Nvidia GPUs have established a strong foothold in the market, new technologies continue to make their way. In this article, we help you understand RTX and other associated terms.
But first, let’s find out what does RTX stand for, its meaning and what ray tracing is.
Explaining what RTX stands for
RTX is an abbreviation word, and its full form stands for ray tracing texel extreme. The RTX technology was introduced in 2018 and is a product of Nvidia’s Turing architecture.
The RTX card utilizes real-time ray tracing and is the first to include RT cores. Ray tracing is the process of graphics production in a way that they replicate light’s physical behavior.
The technology encompasses tracing the bouncing of light rays path, which enables rendering light, reflections and shadows by the computer to create a realistic scene.
The Nvidia RTX 20-series computers graphics card introduced initially by the company made real-time frame rendering possible. The technology simulated light’s bouncing effect by utilizing real-time ray tracing capabilities.
Not long after, AMD introduced its ray tracing technology GPUs. The AMD GPUs and RTX 20 series were quite expensive and forced many individuals to change their mind about purchasing. However, the company soon introduced the RTX 3o series graphics cards which were reasonably priced.
GTX and RTX; what’s the difference
The GTX series (meaning Giga texel shader extreme) by Nvidia has been around for quite some time. Before the advent of the RTX card, GTX cards constituted Nvidia’s main product line. The main difference between GTX and RTX is real-time ray tracing capability, and it easily beat the GTX cards.
While video gaming previously relied on direct light and shadows, RTX enabled proper reflections and impressive visual effects. The technology uses Tensor cores in the Nvidia GPUs to speed up the ray-tracing technique.
So, it would not be wrong to point out that Nvidia’s RTX cards have revolutionized the gaming world. Nowadays, RTX technology has been incorporated in many games, so when a gamer plays a video game, they get an amazing immersive experience.
