Bringing ray tracing to a classic. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Minecraft is hardly known for having cutting edge graphics.

On the OptiFine site, choose the version compatible with Minecraft 1.21 (preview or stable). Click “Mirror” if direct download is blocked or slow. Players have to save the .jar file to a local folder ...

Back in August, Mojang and NVIDIA announced that ray tracing was on the way to Minecraft. At the time, the companies said that ray tracing features would launch in beta at some point in 2020, then ...

The Minecraft RTX beta is just a few hours away. As promised, today is the day Minecraft RTX open beta goes live. This is a special branch of the Windows 10, Bedrock version that uses ray tracing, ...

The “Imagination Island” world in the Minecraft with RTX beta — ray tracing enabled Image: Mojang/Xbox Game Studios via Blockworks, Nvidia With Minecraft’s new ray-traced visual overhaul now live in ...

Graphics Cards Best graphics cards in 2025: I've tested pretty much every AMD and Nvidia GPU of the past 20 years and these are today's top cards Graphics Cards I've been testing Nvidia GeForce Now's ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Update: The Minecraft RTX open beta is now live. It is only available on the Windows 10 Bedrock version of the game. Coming soon to Windows versions ...

Minecraft is a fantastic game, but its visuals haven't changed much over the year, favoring versatility over fidelity. However, Mojang Studios and NVIDIA partnered to bring RTX ray tracing to ...

Mojang's new Minecraft Java 1.21.9 update is out, and players can enhance their experience with OptiFine. This guide details how to safely download and install OptiFine, even if a stable 1.21.9 ...