I dunno why reviewers still have a stick up their butt about early cards NEVER being able to do relevant things with DX12U or RTX,
I think it was more about the discourse at the time. They spoke at length about it more on their podcast. When the super series came out, NVIDIA said it was a requirement for RT and you’ll get left behind etc (and DLSS 1 was awful). People waited ages for RT to come out, and when it did that series gets absolutely smoked. People who brought 5700XT’s were told they brought an obsolete product because it wouldn’t be able to do RT. The truth is neither of those cards can in a meaningful way. It’s more a jab at NVIDIA at the time selling a bit of a porkie to the gamers.
I think it was more about the discourse at the time. They spoke at length about it more on their podcast. When the super series came out, NVIDIA said it was a requirement for RT and you’ll get left behind etc (and DLSS 1 was awful). People waited ages for RT to come out, and when it did that series gets absolutely smoked. People who brought 5700XT’s were told they brought an obsolete product because it wouldn’t be able to do RT. The truth is neither of those cards can in a meaningful way. It’s more a jab at NVIDIA at the time selling a bit of a porkie to the gamers.