This is confusing and not true. The RTX is specifically referred to as "ray tracing" but no one does forward ray tracing which is what you are referring to. Bot

This is confusing and not true. The RTX is specifically referred to as "ray tracing" but no one does forward ray tracing which is what you are referring to. Both general Ray Tracing and Path Tracing involve "backwards ray tracing", starting from the camera. The distinction is not where the ray originates, its the algorithm for generating and following those rays.