There has been a lot of hype in the IT industry around the latest benefits of the RTX vs. GTX NVIDIA Graphics Processing Units. Whilst both have had new models released over the last year, such as the GeForce 1650 Ti (offered as a mid-tier GPU in gaming laptops by Asus, such as the Asus TUF A15) and the GeForce 3080 RTX (much superior to the 1650 Ti), the major difference is that the RTX supports real-time hardware-based ray-tracing technology.

Ray-tracing allows the computer to calculate how simulated light will behave, such as reflections, translucency, transparency, diffraction etc. when it passes through various materials. It is the way of the future, even the latest consoles, such as the PlayStation 5 support ray-tracing with a custom AMD GPU.

The latest games such as Cyberpunk 2077 for PC supports ray-tracing, and the difference is noticable. Most notably extra reflections, translucency, diffraction on cars and buildings. Check out the videos on YouTube of RTX vs. GTX for Cyberpunk 2077.