Elden Ring Finally Gets Ray Tracing Support, No Upscaling Options on PC

Elden Ring has lastly acquired its long-promised ray-tracing replace, courtesy of patch 1.09. The function is now stay on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X, with famend Dark Souls modder Lance McDonald affirming that it is sadly restricted to ray-traced shadows and ambient occlusion. While Elden Ring’s settings menu does embrace a ray-tracing toggle, there aren’t any choices for Nvidia DLSS or AMD’s upscaling choices to make sure higher framerates when enjoying on high-fidelity graphics settings. There aren’t any ray-traced reflections both and most seen adjustments are solely seen outside, eliminating glowy edges on close by rocks.

McDonald, who rose to prominence by creating the much-needed Bloodborne 60fps mod, notes that the PS5 ray-tracing patch is bigger, coming in at 5GB, whereas the PC replace is merely 200MB in measurement. That’s as a result of the PS5 model comes with precompiled shaders, that are able to go as soon as downloaded and put in. On PC, nonetheless, Elden Ring might want to compile/ set up shaders upon the primary launch after downloading the replace — a standard prevalence with most fashionable PC video games. Still, nothing in comparison with Hogwarts Legacy on PC, which compiles shaders upon each launch. FromSoftware is conscious of the dearth of upscaling choices, and subsequently, in its advisable system necessities, lists 1080p decision because the restrict. Anything past that would doubtlessly decelerate your expertise.

Here are the ray-tracing system necessities for Elden Ring, from writer Bandai Namco:

Elden Ring minimal ray tracing PC necessities

• OS: Windows 10
• Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
• Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8GB) or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12GB)
• RAM: 16GB
• Resolution: 1,920×1,080 pixels at Low high quality – Low Ray Tracing

Elden Ring advisable ray tracing PC necessities

• OS: Windows 11
• Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7-10700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
• Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (8GB) or AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (16GB)
• RAM: 16GB
• Resolution: 1,920×1,080 pixels at High high quality – High Ray Tracing

Elden Ring’s patch 1.09 additionally brings a number of steadiness changes to the sport, starting from scaling in on-line PvP to creating adjustments to a number of Ashes of War. You can learn the complete patch log on the official Bandai Namco web site. The firm beforehand dropped a enjoyable infographic revealing that gamers had collectively died over 9 billion occasions in Elden Ring, with key culprits being injury from enemies, falls to dying, standing results, and on-line PvP. The stats additionally revealed that gamers tried boss battles practically 6 billion occasions, of which 329 million was Malenia, Blade of Miquella alone.

A number of days after celebrating its one-year anniversary, FromSoftware introduced the primary main enlargement for Elden Ring — Shadow of the Erdtree, which is presently in growth for all platforms. At the time, we additionally bought a teaser artwork of a dimly-lit surroundings, that includes a mysterious blonde determine using Torrent — our steed in-game — trying far into the gap at two intertwined timber casting shadows and leaking some golden sap. It is assumed that the determine is Miquella, brother to the Empyrian goddess Malenia, who was cursed to stay a baby perpetually. Bandai Namco additionally confirmed final month that Elden Ring had offered over 20 million copies since its launch in February 2022.

Elden Ring is on the market on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. The ray-tracing replace function will not be accessible on the PS4 and Xbox One variations.