RTX stands for Ray Tracing Texel eXtreme and is also a variant under GeForce. The RTX cards were specially designed to support real-time ray tracing which made the video looked more beautiful. They were first announced in 2018 and uses Turing architecture.

What is better RTX or GTX?

NVIDIA RTX: Best for Graphics, Performance, and Future-Proofing. There's no doubt about it, lighting looks better when ray traced than when rendered traditionally. For this reason, RTX cards are the better choice if you want to get the most out of games graphically with an NVIDIA card.

What is a RTX graphics card?

NVIDIA RTX is the most advanced platform for ray tracing and AI technologies that are revolutionizing the ways we play and create. Over 150 top games and applications use RTX to deliver realistic graphics with incredibly fast performance or cutting-edge new AI features like NVIDIA DLSS and NVIDIA Broadcast.