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The hardware ray tracing tag on WindowsForum.com collects discussion of PC games and Windows systems that require dedicated ray-tracing capable graphics hardware rather than software fallbacks. Recent coverage centers on Gears of War: E-Day, whose published PC specifications make hardware ray tracing a requirement and pair every performance tier with upscaling to hit its stated frame-rate targets. The thread also examines launch timing, pre-install details, and discrepancies between Microsoft's own requirements and other published GPU lists. Together these posts suit readers checking whether their Windows PC meets a game's ray-tracing baseline before buying or pre-installing.
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    Gears of War: E-Day Requires Ray-Tracing GPUs on PC

    Gears of War: E-Day has gone gold ahead of its October 6 release, but its newly published PC specification sheet carries a more consequential message for Windows players: hardware ray tracing is a requirement, and every advertised performance tier relies on an upscaling technology to reach its...