Amd navi with ray tracing support will be available in 2020
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Following the reveal of AMD's Radeon RX 5600 XT, we wondered what the future holds for Radeon's RDNA graphics architecture. We know that Microsoft and Sony will have consoles with support for Ray Tracing via hardware, but we were not sure if the new Navi graphics cards that were released this year were going to add it. The answer has come at CES.
We can expect AMD to release Radeon Navi graphics cards with Ray Tracing acceleration before the end of 2020
In an interview following the opening speech, AMD's Lisa Su answered this question about Ray Tracing: "You should expect our discrete graphics as we move into 2020 also have Ray Tracing." This makes sense given the release time frame for the next generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft. Both systems will launch in the fourth quarter of 2020, which means AMD should be more than capable of launching a Ray Tracing-capable graphics card before then, as both consoles are configured to support this technology by hardware.
In response to a question from Gordon Ung of PC World, Lisa Su confirmed that AMD "has a high-end Navi card" in process. Lisu Su then stated that she does not usually “comment on unannounced products”. This confirms that AMD has plans to launch a high-end graphics card in the near future, which ultimately gives AMD competition for graphics cards like Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 Super.
It is still unclear whether AMD's high-end Navi card will feature the same architecture as the current RX 5000 series. This question is difficult to answer right now.
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What we know at the moment is that we can expect AMD to release Radeon graphics cards with Ray Tracing acceleration before the end of 2020. We do not know its shape, only that it is yet to come. We may have more 'official' news at Computex in June. We will keep you informed.
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