I was surprised to hear that some people don't try raytracing because they "don't have the hardware". If you follow me you'll know that I've been doing my raytracing on an HD4000 GPU for a while now.
https://interplayoflight.wordpress.com/2018/09/04/hybrid-raytraced-shadows-part-2-performance-improvements/,
https://interplayoflight.wordpress.com/2019/09/07/hybrid-screen-space-reflections/