The Exigent Duality
Super Mario 64 RT - 14:46 CST, 11/27/24 (Sniper)
A little bit ago I installed "Super Mario 64 PC Builder 2" and used it to compile the path-traced version of the game, plus to install a high resolution texture pack. Within the game's settings, I set the motion blur to fifty, and capped the game at one hundred and twenty frames per second-- a frame rate which my PC can maintain in the game flawlessly, at native 4K.

Along with a fully maxed-out "Cyberpunk 2077", "Minecraft RTX", "Quake 2 RTX", and the path-traced versions of "Doom" and "Doom II", this is in that top-tier of video game graphics that I've ever seen. Click on any of the below screenshots to see the full-sized versions. Look at the bounce lighting, the reflections, and the shadows in particular.

And screenshots don't even do it justice; seeing it in motion on my OLED TV is astonishing!