PC World - USA (2020-06)

72 PCWorld JUNE 2020

REVIEWS TESTED: MINECRAFT

too. With ray tracing enabled, you’re able to

see much more detail inside the doors and

windows, thanks to the more realistic and

reactive lighting.

The room from Color, Light, & Shadow

(see opposite)—which is essentially a ray

tracing tech demo—reveals how striking

reflections can be using the new materials.

The tiny room’s mirrored walls look

spectacular with RTX On, but just like basic

gray slabs with

the technology

disabled, as

base Minecraft

doesn’t support

reflections like

this. Wow.

The

additional

scenes from

Color, Light, &

Shadow show a

stunning

combination of

realistic lighting

sources and

reflective

surfaces. The

first scene

speaks for itself.

In the second

one, pay

attention not

only to the light

streaming in from overhead, but also the

different hues on the roof farther down the

hall. Alcoves down there include colored

lights inside, and you’re seeing that reflected

on that roof, like you would in real life. It’s

gorgeous stuff, and it makes Minecraft feel

much more vibrant.

PERFORMANCE

That said, glorious visuals like this don’t come

RTX on.

RTX off.