Elden Ring is getting long-promised ray tracing support on PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X: Details

Elden Ring has finally received its long-promised ray-tracing update, thanks to patch 1.09. The feature is available now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X, with famed Dark Souls modder Lance McDonald saying it’s unfortunately limited to ray-traced shadows and ambient occlusion. Although the Elden Ring settings menu includes a ray tracing toggle, there are no options for Nvidia DLSS or AMD upscaling options to ensure better frame rates. images when playing on high fidelity graphics settings. There are no ray-traced reflections either, and most visible changes are only visible outdoors, eliminating glowing edges on nearby rocks.

McDonald’s, which became known in create the must-have Bloodborne 60fps mod, notes that the PS5 ray tracing patch is larger, reaching 5GB, while the PC update is only 200MB. Indeed, the PS5 version comes with pre-compiled shaders, which are ready to go once downloaded and installed. On PC, however, Elden Ring will need to compile/install shaders on first launch after downloading the update – a common occurrence with most modern PC games. However, nothing comparable to Hogwarts Legacy on PC, which compiles shaders at each launch. FromSoftware is aware of the lack of upscaling options and therefore in its recommended system requirements 1080p resolution is the limit. Anything beyond that could potentially slow down your experience.

Here are the ray tracing system requirements for Elden Ring, from publisher Bandai Namco:

Minimum PC Requirements for Elden Ring Ray Tracing

• Operating System: Windows 10
• Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
• Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB)
• RAM: 16 GB
• Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels in low quality – Low Ray Tracing

Elden Ring Recommended Ray Tracing PC System Requirements

• Operating System: Windows 11
• Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7-10700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
• Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (8 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (16 GB)
• RAM: 16 GB
• Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels in high quality – High Ray Tracing

Elden Ring patch 1.09 also brings several balance tweaks to the game, ranging from scaling in online PvP to changing several Ashes of War. You can read the full patch log on Bandai Namco’s official website. The company previously released a fun infographic revealing that players collectively died over 9 billion times in Elden Ring, with the main culprits being damage from enemies, falling to death, status effects and online PvP. . The stats also revealed that players attempted boss battles nearly 6 billion times, of which 329 million were Malenia, Blade of Miquella alone.

A few days after celebrating its first anniversary, FromSoftware announced the first major expansion for Elden Ring — Shadow of the Erdtree, which is currently in development for all platforms. At the time, we also got a teaser of a dimly lit landscape, featuring a mysterious blonde figure riding Torrent – ​​our in-game steed – staring into the distance at two intertwined trees casting shadows and letting out light. golden sap. The figure is assumed to be Miquella, brother of the Empyrian goddess Malenia, who was cursed to remain a child forever. Bandai Namco also confirmed last month that Elden Ring has sold over 20 million copies since its launch in February 2022.

Elden Ring is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X. The ray tracing update feature will not be available on the PS4 and Xbox One versions.

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