While it requires powerful hardware, thanks to continuous optimization and the emergence of technologies like DLSS and FSR that boost FPS, ray tracing has become increasingly popular and more accessible to gamers. Currently, there are quite a few games on the market that support ray tracing. If you want to experience ray tracing to see if it lives up to the hype or just want to test the power of your PC, here are the top 10 stunning games made possible by ray tracing technology.
Minecraft
“The magical blocks” have always been one of the most hardware-friendly games. Although theoretically, this game can consume unlimited hardware resources, it’s quite rare to need to run a large enough map to reach “hardware saturation.” However, since the introduction of ray tracing, this has changed. It all started with the stunning path tracing mod SEUS Renewed v1.0.0 by Sonic Ether, which requires a GTX 1080 GPU or higher, followed by NVIDIA’s official ray tracing version. To run Minecraft with ray tracing, you’ll need a pretty powerful PC equipped with an RTX GPU.
Once ray tracing is turned on, Minecraft transforms into a completely different game; it looks stunning and can leave fans in awe. While many other games require time to compare between on and off to see the difference, in Minecraft, simply turning on ray tracing guarantees you’ll notice the change immediately. If Minecraft is the game that has undergone the most transformation thanks to ray tracing on this list, that isn’t an exaggeration.
Battlefield V
Battlefield is a series renowned for its outstanding graphics. Specifically, Battlefield V showcases a fabulous ray tracing feature that previous installments did not possess. Explosions, bombings, and gunfire combined with lighting effects like lens flare make players feel as though they are in a real battlefield. The impact of ray tracing technology in Battlefield V is most clearly showcased in reflective surfaces such as floors, puddles, glass, and glossy paint… All of this creates a beautifully crafted game. Even in the latest installment, the technology of ray tracing is rarely seen to bring about the difference it does in Battlefield V.
Of course, to experience everything this game has to offer, you will need a powerful PC. Specifically, to run Battlefield V with ray tracing well, the developers recommend an AMD Ryzen 7 second-generation CPU or an Intel Core i7 eighth-generation CPU, along with an RTX 2080 GPU and 16 GB of RAM. Therefore, if you play this game with ray tracing enabled and the FPS does not drop too much or fluctuate wildly, it can be said that your PC is quite high-end.
Control
Control on PS4 or Xbox One is beautiful, but on PC, it is even more stunning. Especially with the addition of ray tracing, those using NVIDIA GeForce RTX cards will be immersed in the Oldest House’s scenery while exploring the ever-moving and continuously changing corridors with meticulously recreated light effects. Every explosion, every fragment, every reflective surface in the game feels as real as in real life. Although when ray tracing technology was introduced into Control, it was still in a relatively early stage, there’s no denying its visual appeal.
If we say Control is one of the games that best utilizes ray tracing technology to elevate graphics, it is not an exaggeration at all. Additionally, with DLSS 2.0 technology on GeForce RTX 20-series GPUs, you can confidently play the game with impressively high FPS while ensuring stunning image quality, without necessarily sacrificing FPS to achieve the desired graphical quality.
According to The Gamer, translated by GVN360