The PC gaming ray tracing obsession began with the first RTX 20 graphics cards released on this day in 2018. The GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti led the charge, but games were thin on the ground. The RTX 2080 and the 2080 Ti are the two cards, and the 2018 release is the date. The ray tracing obsession is the phenomenon, and the thin games on the ground is the context: the cards launched, but the games that used ray tracing were few. The RTX 20 series is the generation, and the 2018 release is the date that started the obsession.

A card launch that started a phenomenon. The thin games on the ground is the constraint: the cards had the capability, but the games that used it were few.

This is a card launch that started a phenomenon. The card launch is the event, and the ray tracing obsession is the phenomenon that the launch started.

The specific games that launched with ray tracing, the adoption rate, and whether the obsession sustained. The report gives the cards and the date, but not a game list or an adoption figure, and the thin games on the ground is the constraint, not a measured result.

Whether the ray tracing obsession sustained, the game adoption, and whether the RTX 20 series became the standard. For the gaming market, the RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti are the cards that started the ray tracing obsession, and the 2018 release is the date that began the phenomenon. The RTX 20 series is the generation, and the 2018 release is the date that started the obsession, and the thin games on the ground is the constraint that the cards had the capability but the games that used it were few.

The GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti led the charge on this day in 2018, but games were thin on the ground. The ray tracing obsession began with those first cards.