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Ray tracing is one of the best ways to enhance the visuals of vanilla Minecraft. This effect, identifiable in-game as RTX, is a revolutionary new way of rendering lighting. It actually calculates ...

What are the best Minecraft shaders? With shaders, you can instantly level up the look of your Minecraft world, even without an expensive graphics card. But with so many downloadable mods for the ...

Adding some great Minecraft shaders does wonders to making your game even more colorful and exciting to look at. Applying the right Minecraft shader is a true game changer and can make you feel like ...

Sometimes you may feel that your Minecraft world feels very plain and lacks graphics; here is where shaders come into the picture. Shaders are graphical enhancements that significantly improve the ...

In Minecraft and many other video games, RTX, also known as ray tracing, is a rendering method that allows for a more realistic depiction of light, including creating independent light rays that can ...

Looking for the Minecraft ray tracing shader? Real-time lighting effects are a highlight of high-fidelity games like Battlefield V and Metro Exodus, but they're also available in the chunky world of ...

Minecraft is undoubtedly one of the most successful games of all time. Starting out as a simple project developed by a single person, the game is now the best-selling game in the world, with over 238 ...

Anastasia Maillot is an Evergreen Editor based in Finland working for Game Rant, where she combines her passion for fiction writing and video games. Although she's not limited to a specific genre of ...

Minecraft players can enhance their gaming experience. Shaders improve the visual quality of the game. Realistic lighting, shadows, and water reflections are introduced. First, install OptiFine, a ...

Before you start browsing and making your picks, here are the general prerequisites for installing Minecraft shaders you need to know: Right off, these currently only work with the Java Edition of ...

A huge part of Minecraft’s charm is its low fidelity graphics. Not only does it allow this open-world sandbox game to run on low-end hardware, but it brings a charm that was unique when the game first ...