Minecrafthas now been upgraded and enhanced withray tracingfor even better visuals and astounding world upgrades. Minecraft with RTX, as it is known, is available to those runningWindows 10on a PC that can support it.

This version of Minecraft brings improved global illumination, enhanced water reflections and accurate shadows to your Minecraft world.

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As long as you havea ray tracing capable graphics card(Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 or higher), you can experience these visuals for yourself and here’s how.

In order to try the Minecraft with RTX beta you first need to be sure you’re running Windows 10 with the right graphics card. If you already own Minecraft, then you can try the Minecraft with RTX beta for free.

Follow these steps to get started:

How to make the most of RTX

When you have the Minecraft with RTX beta installed, you can get stuck right into enjoying your enhanced Minecraft experience. The best way to do this is to download some pre-built Minecraft worlds that have already been lovingly crafted to make use of the ray tracing enhancements.

you’re able to find these in the Minecraft marketplace. Simply search for content tagged with RTX. It’s worth noting that ray tracing cannot be turned on for every Minecraft world. They need to be ray tracing enabled first, so this is the best way to try them.

This is, of course, a beta, so there are some known issues that exist and some that are being actively addressed too. You cansee the current issues hereandsubmit feedbackandbugsas well if you want to help improve the game.