JUNE 2020 PCWorld 67

Tested: Minecraft showcases

the beauty of ray tracing—

and Nvidia’s DLSS 2.0

Ray-traced Minecraft is a glorious feast for your eyes, and a grueling test for your graphics

card. BY BRAD CHACOS

A

fter an endless drip of teases,

Minecraft for Windows 10 has

rolled out a beta that adds

support for real-time ray tracing

and Nvidia’s faster, better Deep Learning

Super Sampling (DLSS) 2.0 technology (go.

pcworld.com/d1ss). Friends, the wait was

worth it. Ray-traced Minecraft is glorious to

behold, completely altering the look and feel

of the game—though this low-fi legend can

make even the most fearsome graphics cards

sweat when you activate the cutting-edge

lighting technology.

We’ve already discussed the technical

details in our Minecraft beta announcement

coverage (go.pcworld.com/btcv). Hit that up

to learn what you’ll need to run this new-look

Minecraft. (Spoiler: A GeForce RTX 20-series

GPU is mandatory at the moment, as it’s the

only gaming hardware with dedicated

IMAGE: NVIDIA