Xbox Series X/S ray tracing

LuciousVandoozer · Sep 20, 2020

Hey so I have a few questions about the ray tracing abilities of the next generation xbox consoles. First of all will it be available on both series x and s and if so will they perform the same? Also, how will this all work? Will raytracing be an option
or will all games that are ran on a next-gen xbox have ray tracing? Will minecraft automatically have ray tracing if played on a series x/s? Or will you have to do additional things to enable ray tracing for certain games?

I don’t really know much about how ray tracing works so sorry if any of my questions don’t make sense. Thanks

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Obsessive Power

Hi,

Ray Tracing is on a per-game basis on both the Series S and the Series X. Some games have it, some do not. If a game has Ray Tracing it will normally be in it's options menu. Some games such as Watch Dogs Legion have ray tracing enabled by default.

Unlike Series X, the S model does not have RT for some games that the Series X has.

LuciousVandoozer

Ok so only certain games will have ray tracing? Do you know if any games that were on the xbox one will be capable of it on the series s/x? Also I’ve seen videos showing the series X’s ray tracing abilities and they used minecraft as an example. Do you now
if this is real and if minecraft will support ray tracing or is this unconfirmed?

One of the main reasons I plan on buying one of the new consoles is for the ray tracing abilities (especially on minecraft)

Obsessive Power

Hi,

Ray tracing isn't about resolution. Ray tracing is about lights, shadows and reflections. There are three main types of RT that you'll see on Series X/S. These are:

Ray traced global illumination.
Ray traced reflections
Ray traced shadows

It's unlikely you'll see all forms of RT in games as it is a very demanding graphics feature.

There hasn't been any videos of note released about the true ray tracing capabilities on Series X/S yet, but there are loads of videos about RT on gaming PCs if you're curious about what it will look like.

But regardless of what TV/Monitor you are using, if a game has Ray Tracing it will be available to you.

Jesse E'

The game on the Series S doesn't look as great as the Series X. There's no ray tracing and you can't get 120hz as well. But it performs way better than the Xbox One for sure.

Иванов Арт�

Expect from mojang and microsoft ray tracing on the xbox series XIX.In the near future, it is not worth it because so far, beta testing is taking place on windows 10 and there is no point in waiting in the near future. Maybe when they finish with windows 10, then they will switch and start working with ray tracing on the xbox series X S. We just need to wait if you think about it, then somewhere in the middle or at the end of 2021, there will be an update for the Xbox Series X Series.

Xbox Series X/S ray tracing