This is the single-best graphical comparison video I've ever seen, from any channel. Hats off to you guys, you're absolutely killing it.

Damn! That janitor can really polish floors. lol

You did a HELL of a lot BETTER job than Nvidia did on their channel to show how awesome RT Effects is.

Wow, that debugging free-camera you've got is really cool! I bet whoever figured out how to do that is a one totally bodacious dude!😏😏 Seriously though, an absolute pleasure to help out with this one, please keep doing amazing work, Alex!

This is the best video I have seen from you Alex so far by a lot. GG

complex videos like this are what make me hate when people call developers lazy. honestly the fact that people can even code LIGHT in general baffles me.

Amazing work Alex. You always go above and beyond putting the technology in context with current and past technology. This is seriously one of the best videos you and DF have put out yet. This is the first game that's got me twitching for an RTX card

Digital Foundry should have more subscribers! The depth of content is unparalleled. And so i don't have to explain ray tracing to every other LTT sub!

Damn Control is gorgeous even without Ray Tracing, I feel so happy for Remedy. Can't even imagine what would Alan Wake 2 look like.

Fantastic video, Alex. Loved the explanations using the "demo room".

The physics and destruction of this game is something of a wonder. Finally putting some good use to my 2080Ti with ray tracing enabled.

I love the Control-like font treatment used when you were explaining SSAO, SSR, etc. Fantastic video!

Probably the most well constructed & easy to understand video on modern graphical features. Thanks Alex. Also thanks for the graphical comparison with the console. That was the main reason I initially subbed to DF.

Amazing video. Fantastic in detail explanation of the evolution of graphics and raytracing technology. Also, love the ominous sound effects for tech presentation xD

This is possibly one of the best covers of Digital Foundry ever. Just the first minutes blew me away. I can't imagine the amount of work behind this kind of videos. I can only say you did an incredible job, as always!!

Wow, this video is awesome. Nice structure, understandable with many showcases, but not too long. I mean, DF videos are always good, but this is another level. Danke und auf Wiedersehen

Imagine using all these visual effects in a noir setting to make a Max Payne game. Too bad rockstar won't give it back to remedy.

I LOVE that you replicated the big font cinematic aspect of the game in your video! Very nice touch!

The way the video layered each effect on a single frame was genius!

I feel like I'm a senior 3D graphics engineer after watching the first half of the video. Well explained, guys! Excellent job!

I know it's been said a few times already, but I think it has to be said again: this is a tremendously well done video. Not that it is something surprising on this channel, but still.

Always looking forward to these kind of videos, best (PC) graphics reviews/analysis on the net!

Love that you give the settings you find most optimized in these videos. It's been really really useful in a number of games

I’m glad you said something about being able to continue using SSAO even when indirect diffuse is active! I noticed that the GI seemed to basically be a more accurate version of AO based on world space instead of screen space plus some light color diffusion from other surfaces. I wondered if there was any reason to leave SSAO enabled when using it, so thanks for clearing that up.

The ray tracing adds so much life to the brutalised architecture of the oldest house. It's hard to explain until you play it with Ray tracing on yourself. The lighting is amazing.

This is why I subscribe to Digital Foundry, no one else can do this level of content. Thank you Alex for this detailed, well explained and well research and structured video.

Thank you guys so much for putting the hard work on this informative/entertaining video!

11:37 that part really got me by surprise. This is crazy stuff man!

I think this is potentially Alex's best video to date! This was incredible; you can really see the time and effort he put into making this deep dive. This video truly is the *FULL FAT* experience.

Amazing video. DF are simply the best!! Oh and Control looks superb.

Love how much detail you go into breaking down optimized settings for RT and standard! Would be great every time you cover the PC version of games.

Love that terrifying sound effect Alex used when each layer of RT was applied.

thanks Digital Foundry your video are top notch for every gamer interested in game graphics! :D

By far Alex's best video, good work!

Amazing work breaking down RT. I love how nerdy and technical you got!!!

Really good deep dive into graphic settings and in their meaning. Liked the most the honesty of the video. Was sold(finally) on the RT effects, all it was needed was a honest look and detailed explanation on RT effects based on a good example- Control the game. Control really could be the best showcase of RT ON till now. Thanks a lot for the hard work.

Alex this is an amazing video. Your best yet!

When walking through the hallways, I've scared myself at least a few times when I caught a quick glimpse of Jesse's reflections off the glass!

Awesome video as always! Just want to point out that at the 14 minute mark, the captions of Ray Traced Debris are flip flopped. The left image is the one that actually has Ray Traced Debris. Keep up the good work!

This is legitimately one of the best videos you guys have made. Even if you don't factor in the RTX stuff, it still describes and shows off how graphics settings from current and past make a difference. Seriously, major props to you guys. The video is structured so incredibly well.

Absolutely BEST video Digital Foundry has ever, EVER produced. I loved every second of it, a new level of journalism, analysis and respect towards this beautiful industry that is gaming. DF has reached a new level of quality for free KZfaq content and deserves every praise uttered in this comment section. Kudos, guys. You're the real deal.

Really loving Control so far. I'm playing at 1080p ultra without rtx and it still looks impressive! Even the physics and destructible environments are of high quality.

the first half of the video could've be a standalone video on how Ray-Tracing works. I love it.

Nice use of the Control-style text appearing with accompanying sound fx. Loved that. Great description of Ray Tracing fx, too. Thing is, I wish you'd discuss the 4k image quality of this game because it looks like Remedy's 4k image isn't 4k at all, but similar to Xbox One X's 1440p upscaled tech. When I set 4k, I want 4k. I also wish that Ray Tracing's introduction into the Geforce line had waited until a die shrink so that they could have gotten 4k baseline done and THEN moved the needle.

Absolutely stellar work on this video! I can't wait until Ray Tracing hardware makes it into more affordable GPUs which can also always deliver 60 fps with all RT options turned on. Thank you Alex for this glimpse into the future!

I'd like to add that I'm really disappointed that, for all the other innovative techniques the game supports, Control does not support HDR whatsoever, not even on consoles as far as I know. And HDR adds so most to the image quality in my opinion, it's a real shame they ignored it with this one.

Great video as always Alex! I've been waiting for this video all week. By the way, you misspelled RESOLUTION at 6:04. Just a heads up.

I keep coming back to this video as an education on the history of light rendering techniques. Taking a single scene and adding in technologies one by one with explanations is brilliant.

I'm not a big graphics guy so usually these videos go over my head for the most part. Not this one Good God what a awesome video

I'd like to point out, that I average mid 80's FPS, dips to mid 60's, with a 5820k @ 4.7 and a RTX 2060 Super at 2.1. I didn't buy RTX for ray tracing, I bought it because I needed an upgrade and I wanted the built in encoder and other specific driver features (I nearly bought a 5700XT, but it was out of stock). I got a key for CONTROL for free and finally installed it yesterday. First of all I was pretty much shocked at how good the game was, not to mention how it looked. Options mostly maxed out, and all the ray tracing options on but the last one, and it runs great and looks incredible. I guess I hadn't really thought much about RT before, I genuinely didn't care. As of this moment, I care, deeply. This game looks f'in incredible, and not just reflections and shadows; the lighting is so damn good, I didn't know a game could look so good. I cannot unsee it, I'm hooked.

Fantastic breakdown guys! Fascinating seeing how a combination of past and present rendering techniques play together.

I love the amount of knowledge shoved into this video in a slow-paced, easy to understand manner. This is definitely going to be a video I use to help explain things to my non tech-savvy friends. Aside from that, the crazy thing is, this game looks brilliant on my PS4 Pro, I cannot even believe how insane it looks on PC.

*Looks at Nintendo Switch* Switch: Don't even think about it.

So, do i need to switch SSR off if i'm playing with full RTX on, to increase perfomance and will it affect picture in positive way?

These are exactly the kind of comparisons I had wanted to show people. Love what you guys do!!

Excellent video, Alex. Well done! Very informative and insightful with detailed comparisons and exceptional attention to detail. Hey DF, give Alex a raise.

I wish I didn't have to drop all the way down to 1080p to experience raytracing, but maybe we can come back to this game in 5 years and play it at 4K.

22:20 PC Optimised settings with RT on/off

Keep this structure for upcoming videos aswell! :) And the use of SFX is great here.

Wonderful video! I also really like the comparison settings to consoles image quality.

It's FINALLY HERE! I've been waiting not so patiently since the last Control video for this bad boy. Thank you for all that you do!

Played through the game on i9 9900k (4,7 GHz stock) with RTX2060Super and 3000 Mhz memory. With everything maxed out and DLSS ON (720p rendering resolution for 1080p display) it ran silky smooth with no stutters 60 fps locked. Maybe a few dips to mid 50-th during huge battles, but it was great experience. Without DLSS, game ran at 35-50 fps in 1080p.

your breakdown and video quality is just amazing , i can see the work you put into this and i can assure i will use this video as a reference for a longt time, thank yourr

Adding all these effects step by step made me realize how far we have come in terms of realism in video games. Fascinating video, and very well explained.

Just finished it a couple hours ago on the RTX 2060. Gorgeous game!

I got this for Xbox One X and while it does look nice, it's definitely nothing compared to the PC version. I kind of want to get the PC version as well but idk how well RTX 2060 (not super) will run this game with all ray tracing effects on. Coming from the console version though, I don't mind 30 fps if that's the cost of running at ultra settings with RT on

Phenomenal job describing all the varying graphics techniques and how they apply to the visual quality. I rarely see videos so in debt.

Amazing video Alex, the future looks incredible indeed

One of the best videos on RTX i've seen. Almost got me a little mad that I don't have an RTX card.

This game have beautiful architecture environment & lighting implementation, but it kinda get stale after awhile (especially being a metroidvania-ish) with most of it a concrete & industrial environments, while "trippy" environments are mostly black onyx-ish concretes with platform level Aassassin's Creed animus levels LOL

Great video alex- the future of realtime game engines looks so shiny I can see myself in its many reflective surfaces! Can't wait to see what else can be done with RT future hardware...

Absolutely brilliant Alex. This would have to be one of, if not THE best tech analysis vids I’ve ever seen, not only on DF but anywhere else online. Long live Digital Foundry. Cant wait to see what’s next.

But would that amount of blood really be that clear? specially if they have been death for awhile.

Finally a proper return on my investment. Played this yesterday and it looks fantastic. Great review as always.

This isn't just an examination of Ray Tracing in Control, it's basically the best sales pitch for ray tracing I've ever seen. Incredibly thorough and explained in such a great way. Thanks Alex!

That's a great video! I have an idea. Whenever you compare image with and without some effect, you could draw the subtitle in red when the effect is off and in green when it's on. Then it would be easier to grasp quickly without having to look for the word "NO" in the text.

I'm cracking up at all the sound effects whenever text appears HAHAHAHAHA

17:40 19 months later and the DX12 stutter still isn't fixed. Great job, Remedy! And this video failed to mention the other glaring bug that remains unpatched to this day: the messed up texture streaming. 5 minutes into the game and you can clearly see it in the paintings hanging on the walls. Did Remedy borrow Bethesda's QA team or something?

Awesome video. Extraordinary comparison of all the rendering effects. The sound effect give it a nice atmosphere.

Great video and breakdown of all the amazing RT effects. I'm super tempted to buy a 2080 to get some of these effects. The game looks stunning without the RT but even more so with it on. But the performance hit that the effects have on even a Ti card is what holds me back from getting a new card. I'll probably wait for the next generation of GPUs that will hopefully bump up the performance while using RT.

The sound when each effect is added killed me.

Great presentation of what the RTX core can actually do.

Awesome video! Can't wait to see what you have to show for the Dragon Quest 11 demo on the switch.

I was going to give you crap for not posting this yesterday as alluded to in the console comparison video. But this video is fantastic, informative, and worth the extra day wait.

Great video. As someone who is playing this game on PC with a RTX 2080Ti, I must say it looks friggin awesome in 4k (1440p dlss) with Ray tracing on. Ray tracing is a real game changer when implemented well.

Sure DLSS is a sweet boost in performance but it makes the game look like you’re seeing it through cling film

You guys are doing such a cool job with these. I just wanna hang out in Control and photograph stuff...wait for a photo mode? yes? no?

Alex, the production quality of your videos are leagues ahead of anything I've seen on youtube!

When ray tracing is enabled in this game the environments actually look pre-rendered or even close to photo realism, it's insane that we can achieve that level or realism and fidelity in real time now.

People keep mentioning the stutter with DX12 but I haven’t seen any yet, I’m about 5 hours in now playing on a strix 2080ti ,i7 8700k at 5ghz, Maybe it’s because I’m using g-sync. Also the Game is very playable even at 4K dlss from 1440p, averages around 50fps max settings with the worst drops into the high 30s, but with the g-sync on it still stays nice & smooth.

Alex, what would the chances be for you to have a DF segment only for optimized settings breakdowns like this for every big PC release? Your breakdowns and explainations are the best out there, they really are.

Amazing breakdown of the rendering techniques. Loved it

I'm waiting for the second gen of these GPUs. When they come out, I'll be waiting, with the whole year worth of money saving up.

Such an incredible game, enjoying it tremendously on my 3440x1440 120hz, 2080ti. It's definitely a killer app for Ray tracing and the 2080ti.

Great video. It looks like in principal this is a preview into next generation graphic techniques. Keep up the good work.

Starting the video with Crysis was a great idea. When it released in 2007 people were angry at how demanding it was but five years later all those techniques became standard in AAA games. Similarly raytracing may not be in the best shape now and the hardware required for it may be insane but someone had to give it a start. And look, even next gen consoles are going to adopt raytracing. Hopefully in next 5 years it will become a standard too.

If you listen carefully, you can hear Alex's PC scream out in agony

I appreciate the effects, but not at the resolution hit. In a couple more years, this’ll be amazing.

Absolutely phenomenal video Alex, you continue to outdo yourself. Refreshing to see a reviewer who loves both technology AND gaming! Wondering if it was possible that the AMD CPU that you are running (infinity fabric) may be contributing to stutter issue? I'm running the game on my 2080ti and 8700K system without the hitching issues... though you did mention before than the Ryzen 3 did not exhibit this like your 1700X. It might also explain why consoles also exhibit this issue...

great vids , i've understand and learn a lot !