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How to turn on RTX ray tracing in Minecraft for Windows 10
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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One of the defining traits of Minecraft as a videogame is its blocky art style, and while many of us can argue that it does bring a certain personal charm to the videogame, some gamers still see it as a deterrent.
That being said, it’s no wonder that everyone was excited by the prospect of introducing realistic special effects, especially whenNVidiaproposed the idea of introducing RTX ray tracing earlier this year.
Well, in a recentpost on their personal blog,Nvidiarevealed that RTX ray tracing is now available for testing in Minecraft, along with 30 other games.
Earlier this year,NVIDIA,Mojangand Microsoftreleased theMinecraftwith RTX Windows 10 beta, a special Insider standalone client that introduced stunning path-traced ray tracing to the world’s most popular game. Now, ray tracing and DLSS are available to all, having become part of the officialMinecraftWindows 10client!
How do I enable RTX ray tracing in Minecraft?
MojangandNvidiawanted to make it as easy as possible to get access to the new feature, but the procedure varies based on whether you are a newplayeror if you’ve already been playing the Beta.
1. New players
2. Minecraft with RTX for Windows 10 beta players
Note:We advise that you back up your existing worlds, saves and profiles.
If you’re having issues and no updates seem to be available for your Minecraft game, do the following:
Keep in mind thatNvidiaRTX ray tracing is not supported by allNvidiaGPUs, so this update will not be available for allplayers.
The good news is that this will not lead to a separation of worlds, sinceplayersthat have the RTX-enabled worlds can still play together with other, the only difference being that otherplayerswill simply see their worlds with vanilla graphics.
What’s your take on this fantastic news? Is your computer capable of running Minecraft in RTX mode?
If so, lets us know how much of a difference does it make by leaving us a message in the comments section below.
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