The above results immediately highlight one problem with using ray tracing for everything. I'm not talking about the fact that none of the tested PCs run Stalker 2 at a very high frame rate.

Stalker 2 looks perfectly fine at 1080p and in some ways, gives off an original Stalker: Call of Pripyat vibe. Medium preset, 1080p resolution, no upscaling Core i7 14700KF, RTX 4080 Super, 32 GB ...

One thing that could make Stalker 2 more CPU-dependent would be the use of Lumen rather than ray tracing for global illumination. Lumen's software-based and relies primarily on the CPU.

NVIDIA has revealed the new games that support its latest graphics card technologies. We’re talking about Industry Giant 4.0, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl… ...

It's known that STALKER 2 will support ray tracing, giving players with advanced hardware the opportunity to push their rig for cutting-edge Unreal Engine 5 visuals.

Between the use of Unreal Engine 5, an AI system we rarely see in modern games, and plenty of release-day bugs, Stalker 2 is far from a smooth experience on PC.It’s playable — and enjoyable ...

The release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is just around the corner and not only players but also graphics card manufacturers are preparing for it. The unique MSI RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16G GAMING SLIM STALKER 2 ...

Stalker 2 patches have been dropping at a rate of knots since last Friday's update 1.0.1.The game only just launched, arriving on PC and Xbox Series X|S a couple of weeks ago now to pretty solid ...