Windows gets DirectX Raytracing for that $1,200 video card you bought

Microsoft has a major update going out for Windows 10 right now. The October 2018 update includes DirectX R (DXR). This is the newest version of Microsoft’s DirectX graphics library, which enables developers to access a PC’s rawest processing power. This will finally brings native support for ray-tracing 3D light technology to the operating system.

This is great news for Nvidia and anyone who spent money to purchase its new RTX video cards. RTX is Nvidia’s brand of ray tracing, and it is heavily focused on it as the future of computer graphics. The RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti launched in September. The 2080 is $800, and the 2080 Ti is $1,200. And while both are great for traditional game rendering, a total of zero games support their namesake feature RTX.