Ray Tracing Black Myth Wukong
Black Myth Wukong is set to be a visual tour-de-force, thanks to its implementation of full ray tracing, also known as path tracing. This means ray tracing is used to render all lighting, reflections, and shadows within its fantastical world. Ray-traced reflections enhance the serene beauty of water features and the shine of polished surfaces, while ray-traced shadows add depth and realism to every scene. Ray-traced indirect lighting allows light to bounce naturally, creating a more believable environment. Even the game’s particle effects, often a challenge for ray tracing, are rendered with impressive accuracy.
Black Myth: Wukong, with ray tracing set to medium, now has the 5070 Ti coming in 2% faster than the RTX 4080, but for the sake of margin of error, we would classify that as identical. Our 4070 Ti-based cards have seemingly sorted themselves out now, as the Ti SUPER comes in higher, and now our 5070 Ti packs 13% more frames. Compared to the 4070 Ti non-SUPER, we now have a healthy 24% faster performance, and this, again, gives us a strong lead over the 3070 Ti of 132%.
At 4K, we are now matching the performance levels of the RTX 4080, though we do have a slight uptake in the 1% lows. This still means that we see a 14% increase in frames over the 4070 Ti SUPER, and a more impressive 39% over the non-SUPER card. When compared to the 3070 Ti, we now have a card that is 150% faster, though at any of these frame rates, upscaling is needed, or a serious look at the quality settings to bring performance back in line.
