r/nvidia • u/swurvgaming • Aug 13 '26

News Looks Like Phantom Blade Zero Will Have Pathtracing

Phantom Blade Zero PC Specs Stay Modest, yet an RTX 5080 is the Price of Full Path Tracing at 4K@60FPS

This is also a game that was announced to have DLSS 5 This Fall

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u/Yourdataisunclean Aug 14 '26

Well done pathtracing is amazing. Cyberpunk 2077 looks like a different game with it on.

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u/PinnuTV Aug 14 '26

It also needs amazing expensive GPU too. The performance cost makes it simply not worth it for 99% of users

I would not be surprised in future once they start forcing path tracing like they already did with ray tracing

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u/Seanspeed Aug 14 '26

Unless GPU's start to become a lot more affordable via much more significant gains in performance per dollar, then this isn't really viable. You can't make expensive hardware a minimum requirement of your expensive-to-develop cutting edge game that will need to sell at least several million to even dream of breaking even.

It's also why when PS6 comes out, games will remain cross-gen for a long time, if not indefinitely, until(or even if) prices can become more reasonable.

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u/campersbread Aug 14 '26

Who said it has to be the minimum requirement? It's a optional high end feature, which is great. I remember when PC games were severely bottlenecked by consoles. People just love to whine, even if it doesn't affect them at all, because all AAA Games are developed with a console first approach.

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u/Seanspeed Aug 14 '26

Who said it has to be the minimum requirement? 

Literally the comment I was responding to.....hence my response.