{"id":62355,"date":"2026-02-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=62355"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:55:34","slug":"what-is-ray-tracing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/what-is-ray-tracing\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Ray Tracing?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you ever stopped to admire the shadows and reflections in a game and wondered how developers make them look so real? That realism comes from ray tracing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3_What-is-Ray-Tracing-BlogInstagram-Optimised-Overclockers-UK-Blog-Feature-Image-Standard-Blog-1080x1080Light-Text-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62356\"\/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3_What-is-Ray-Tracing-BlogInstagram-Optimised-Overclockers-UK-Blog-Feature-Image-Standard-Blog-1080x1080Light-Text-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3_What-is-Ray-Tracing-BlogInstagram-Optimised-Overclockers-UK-Blog-Feature-Image-Standard-Blog-1080x1080Light-Text-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3_What-is-Ray-Tracing-BlogInstagram-Optimised-Overclockers-UK-Blog-Feature-Image-Standard-Blog-1080x1080Light-Text-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3_What-is-Ray-Tracing-BlogInstagram-Optimised-Overclockers-UK-Blog-Feature-Image-Standard-Blog-1080x1080Light-Text-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3_What-is-Ray-Tracing-BlogInstagram-Optimised-Overclockers-UK-Blog-Feature-Image-Standard-Blog-1080x1080Light-Text-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3_What-is-Ray-Tracing-BlogInstagram-Optimised-Overclockers-UK-Blog-Feature-Image-Standard-Blog-1080x1080Light-Text.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray tracing technology plays a huge role in immersing us in modern games by shaping lighting, time of day, and atmospheric effects.&nbsp;If&nbsp;you&nbsp;want to learn more about&nbsp;this&nbsp;exciting, revolutionary technology,&nbsp;we\u2019ve&nbsp;got the goods below!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&nbsp;Is&nbsp;Ray Tracing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray tracing is&nbsp;a rendering technology that casts a light ray out from the camera\u2019s POV, then traces its path as it&nbsp;interacts&nbsp;with&nbsp;different objects in-game, all&nbsp;feeding back to a&nbsp;light&nbsp;source.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are the shadows of your avatar perfectly&nbsp;mimicking&nbsp;your&nbsp;in-game&nbsp;movement?&nbsp;That\u2019s&nbsp;ray tracing. Are you able to look&nbsp;at in-game mirrored surfaces&nbsp;and see the game world&nbsp;reflected&nbsp;in vivid detail?&nbsp;That,&nbsp;too,&nbsp;is ray tracing!&nbsp;Is&nbsp;light bouncing off objects&nbsp;as&nbsp;it would IRL? Well,&nbsp;by now&nbsp;you can guess&nbsp;what\u2019s&nbsp;responsible!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a line? Ray tracing&nbsp;helps to make&nbsp;your modern games look real!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-930feb06 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/FiveGameswithRayTracing-featuredimg-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31608\"\/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/FiveGameswithRayTracing-featuredimg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/FiveGameswithRayTracing-featuredimg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/FiveGameswithRayTracing-featuredimg-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/FiveGameswithRayTracing-featuredimg-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/FiveGameswithRayTracing-featuredimg-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/FiveGameswithRayTracing-featuredimg.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to know which games make the most of ray tracing? Read on for more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-ef7a8b26 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/ray-tracing-five-games-to-make-your-pc-sweat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Does Ray Tracing Work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray tracing&nbsp;can be&nbsp;summed up as a series of rendering algorithms. It&nbsp;has worked in a variety of ways since its&nbsp;inception, starting with huge quantities of&nbsp;dedicated&nbsp;processors&nbsp;that would take whole days to&nbsp;render&nbsp;scenes for movies!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, NVIDIA changed the game in 2018&nbsp;with the release of their Turing-based GPUs. Since this breakthrough, graphics cards boast advanced Ray Tracing cores and accelerators to&nbsp;render&nbsp;real-time ray tracing in your games.&nbsp;These cards&nbsp;are equipped with&nbsp;many functions and capabilities,&nbsp;such as ray casting, Bounding Volume Hierarchy (BVH),&nbsp;Ray-Traced&nbsp;Ambient Occlusions, and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ray Casting Foundations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray casting is&nbsp;the foundational&nbsp;algorithm in the ray tracing family.&nbsp;The sampling of a scene&nbsp;starts here.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray casting&nbsp;establishes&nbsp;the rays from the&nbsp;point&nbsp;of view&nbsp;camera across each pixel&nbsp;on-screen.&nbsp;Then, this algorithm&nbsp;detects what they hit and what colour and lighting data can be extrapolated from those objects.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acceleration with the&nbsp;Bounding Volume Hierarchy (BVH)&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creating&nbsp;a&nbsp;scene is&nbsp;a highly complex&nbsp;task. To reduce the number of calculations&nbsp;required&nbsp;for each ray, acceleration techniques are introduced to trim the fat.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BVH&nbsp;is&nbsp;one such&nbsp;ray tracing acceleration technique.&nbsp;It\u2019s&nbsp;a&nbsp;data structure that helps the engine&nbsp;identify&nbsp;more quickly&nbsp;which objects a ray interacts with.&nbsp;Even if that object has millions of polygons, BVH shortens the processing time and gets the lighting&nbsp;effects&nbsp;rendered!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ray-Traced Ambient Occlusion&nbsp;Techniques<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lighting&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;just about focusing&nbsp;on the illuminated objects. It&nbsp;must also authentically create&nbsp;any&nbsp;subsequent&nbsp;shadows and&nbsp;determine&nbsp;how they play off the surrounding environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray-traced ambient occlusion&nbsp;is&nbsp;the algorithm responsible for&nbsp;rendering shadows in areas&nbsp;blocked by ambient lighting. These could be&nbsp;the corners of rooms or even in the folds of wrinkled skin. The level of detail&nbsp;it can simulate&nbsp;is meticulous.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Real-Time Global Illumination<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day-to-night cycles in games have never been more immersive! We have real-time global illumination to thank for that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global illumination&nbsp;used to be precomputed,&nbsp;monitoring&nbsp;how&nbsp;indirect&nbsp;light&nbsp;bounces&nbsp;and diffuses when it&nbsp;comes in contact with&nbsp;a surface.&nbsp;Today,&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;yet another&nbsp;algorithm&nbsp;that\u2019s&nbsp;been enhanced for real-time results.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Denoising&nbsp;Finishing Touches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Post-processing techniques are just as essential for&nbsp;rendering&nbsp;realistic&nbsp;digital environments. This is where the fine-tuning comes into play.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denoising is a further set of&nbsp;algorithms&nbsp;that scrub out blocky,&nbsp;grainy resolutions and unsightly discolouring.&nbsp;These anomalies&nbsp;aren\u2019t&nbsp;part of the original image,&nbsp;and&nbsp;their removal results in a more photorealistic finish!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Path Tracing Different to Ray Tracing?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Path tracing and ray tracing&nbsp;shouldn\u2019t&nbsp;be referenced interchangeably. They are separate technologies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, ray tracing is often associated with path tracing.&nbsp;Because&nbsp;they&nbsp;are sometimes confused for one another,&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;worth&nbsp;distinguishing them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Path tracing is an enhanced form of ray tracing that tracks hundreds of thousands of rays ricocheting off objects or coming from the light source. It used to produce better results than standard ray tracing at the expense of&nbsp;speed,&nbsp;and&nbsp;so was&nbsp;reserved for long pre-rendering projects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, path tracing has been developed to such a degree that its processes have sped&nbsp;up considerably.&nbsp;It\u2019s&nbsp;now fit for producing real-time results in gaming, but it does require a lot more computing power and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ai-dlss-4-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DLSS 4 support<\/a>&nbsp;to get up and running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EldenRing-raytracing-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49868\"\/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EldenRing-raytracing-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EldenRing-raytracing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EldenRing-raytracing-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EldenRing-raytracing.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Hardware do I Need for Ray Tracing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While fancy lighting, reflections, and&nbsp;shadows&nbsp;aren\u2019t&nbsp;strictly new to gaming,&nbsp;they\u2019ve&nbsp;never&nbsp;been as&nbsp;frequently&nbsp;or sharply displayed&nbsp;as they are today.&nbsp;So long as you have the right hardware, you can enjoy these immersive visuals!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s&nbsp;a quick table highlighting the minimum hardware requirements that will enable ray tracing:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Minimum<\/strong> Hardware Requirements<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Dedicated GPU with ray tracing hardware \u2013<br>NVIDIA RTX 20 Series or higher \/ AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series or higher&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">At least 8GB RAM&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Intel Core i5 CPU or equivalent &nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray tracing is&nbsp;quite an intensive task.&nbsp;Should your components not be quite up to the task, you might experience a drop in performance.&nbsp;So, we recommend&nbsp;using powerful hardware that&nbsp;meets the&nbsp;recommended&nbsp;gaming&nbsp;specifications&nbsp;for&nbsp;CPU, GPU, and RAM before enabling ray tracing.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-eb3ed5a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:3px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\">Ray Tracing FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3\">What is Ray Tracing?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\">Ray tracing is an advanced rendering technology. Through a series of&nbsp;algorithms, it projects a light ray from the POV of the camera. After that, ray tracing traces the path&nbsp;while&nbsp;it&nbsp;interacts with&nbsp;different objects in-game.&nbsp;Rich shadows and photo-realistic reflections in water and surfaces can all be attribute to ray tracing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5\">What is Ray Casting?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">Ray casting is the&nbsp;initial&nbsp;algorithm in ray tracing that simulates how light interacts with&nbsp;objects&nbsp;in the real world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7\">What is&nbsp;Bounding Volume Hierarchy (BVH)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:81px;border-top-right-radius:81px;border-bottom-left-radius:81px;border-bottom-right-radius:81px\">BVH is a ray tracing acceleration technique&nbsp;and&nbsp;data structure that&nbsp;speeds up how quickly each ray&nbsp;identifies&nbsp;and interacts with in-game objects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9\">What is&nbsp;Ray-Traced Ambient&nbsp;Occlusion?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:81px;border-top-right-radius:81px;border-bottom-left-radius:81px;border-bottom-right-radius:81px\">Ray-traced ambient occlusion&nbsp;makes shadows in&nbsp;in-game&nbsp;crevices and corners more realistic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11\">What is&nbsp;Real-Time Global Illumination?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:81px;border-top-right-radius:81px;border-bottom-left-radius:81px;border-bottom-right-radius:81px\">Global illumination&nbsp;simulates how light reflects and bounces off surfaces for realistic shading.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13\">What is&nbsp;Denoising?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:81px;border-top-right-radius:81px;border-bottom-left-radius:81px;border-bottom-right-radius:81px\">Denoising&nbsp;erases grainy resolutions and visual noise&nbsp;for a&nbsp;more smooth and realistic image quality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In&nbsp;Need of an Upgrade?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to enable ray tracing, but your PC&nbsp;doesn\u2019t&nbsp;have the sauce yet,&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;worry! 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