Minecraft looks amazing with path tracing (video)

Posted on Wednesday, April 03 2019 @ 12:57 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

The newest build of the Sonic Ether Unbelievable Shaders (SEUS) pack for Minecraft makes it possible to turn on ray tracing like effects in the game. As PC Gamer reports, this makes the game look brand new, but it also has a big impact on performance:

Naturally, getting visuals this good out of Minecraft requires a powerful set-up. Notglacier, the user that posted the videos on Twitter, said he was getting between 25 and 40 fps from a rig that includes an i9-9900k CPU and a GTX 1070 Ti.

At the moment, this specific build of SEUS is exclusively available to Patreon backers.

Messing around a bit more

you can do indirect lighting and stuff now pic.twitter.com/X8q3msBen7
— notglacier (@notglacier) March 30, 2019

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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