A Graphical Revolution...Maybe?

The flaming hot news of the week was CyberPunk 2077's addition of a super fancy-shmancy new graphics mode:  ultra-super awesome fabulous mode!  Okay, it's not called that, but instead "Ray Tracing:  Overdrive Mode."  So, what exactly is it?  Well, unless you're one of the folks with a top of the line NVIDIA GPU, you ain't gonna find out--at least not in the game because this "uber" mode only works with 40 series GPU's.  Luckily, you can experience the shocking difference in quality by look at all the comparison screenshots being posted--such as this one of everyone's favorite ripper doc, Viktor Vektor.

Boring ol' RTX Viktor

Fancy-shmancy Viktor

Can you see the dramatic difference?  Yeah, me either.  It doesn't exactly make me want to run out and drop a large amount of cash on a new GPU so I can have...slightly more realistic lighting.  I was a bit miffed that I had to download a 20 gig patch for a feature that I can't even use.  Why couldn't it have been an optional patch for those who can actually use it?

Pam is right.

Even though I find this "technology preview" stuff to be ridiculous, I'll still defend the rest of the game--even with its non-ray-traced boring lighting.