Ray tracing may well be more commonplace in games these days but it's still seen as a hugely difficult graphics feature to process‚ requiring powerful graphics cards with dedicated ray tracing processors. However‚ one developer has shown that maybe there's another way by enabling ray tracing on a CPU. The developer‚ named Konstantin Seurer‚ has been steadily working on adding features to a purely CPU-run Vulkan-based version of the open source Mesa graphics library. By enabling the function Implement VK_KHR_ray_query‚ the modder has opened up the possibility of running ray tracing functions on CPUs‚ demonstrating the ability using a certified classic‚ Quake 2. Continue reading Step aside graphics cards‚ you can now run ray tracing on a CPU MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games‚ Best old games‚ Best multiplayer games