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.
Performance in Black Myth: Wukong may not look great at just 25 frames per second, but this now narrowly beats out the 7900 XT. Though this is more of a testament to how lacklustre last-generation AMD cards were in terms of ray tracing, as it is still not enough to even get close to the RTX 5060, which sits 56% ahead.
There is no real change at 1440p either, and the chart speaks for itself at just 15 FPS, showing that upscaling is a necessity in this title on most modern-day GPUs.
