{"id":121767,"date":"2020-12-08T20:57:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T20:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/08\/official-launch-of-ray-tracing-nvidia-sweepstakes-and-more\/"},"modified":"2020-12-08T20:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T20:57:35","slug":"official-launch-of-ray-tracing-nvidia-sweepstakes-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/08\/official-launch-of-ray-tracing-nvidia-sweepstakes-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Launch of Ray Tracing, NVIDIA Sweepstakes, and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experience Minecraft on Windows 10 in a whole new light with the official launch of Mojang&#8217;s Render Dragon technology powered by NVIDIA&#8217;s Ray Tracing technology!&nbsp; If you&#8217;ve been following along our previous posts you know just how pretty Minecraft can be.&nbsp; In order to experience this newest update, you will need at least a GeForce RTX 2060 GPU.&nbsp; Check out the video from Mojang&#8217;s YouTube channel below to get a glimpse of what your Minecraft may look like if you have an available card.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"638\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VM-6da3PB1o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sweepstakes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For those who may be interested in a 30 series graphics card, NVIDIA is hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/geforce\/contests\/minecraft-with-rtxon-sweepstakes\/terms-conditions\/\">sweepstake<\/a>.&nbsp; Head over to NVIDIA&#8217;s announcement page to learn more about your chance to win either a GeForce RTX 3080 or RTX 3070!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/geforce\/news\/minecraft-rtx-dlss-official-release\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/geforce\/news\/minecraft-rtx-dlss-official-release\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"638\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7QeoZY4tf9I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Already on Beta?<\/h2>\n<p>A lot of you have been playing on the Beta and have been sharing your screenshots for months now.&nbsp; If you&#8217;re unsure how to swap over to the official release just follow these steps listed below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span class=\"color-white\">Back up your existing worlds, saves, and profiles, just in case<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"color-white\">Open the Xbox Insider Hub application<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"color-white\">Navigate to Insider Content and click on&nbsp;<em>Minecraft<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"color-white\">Click Manage, select \u201cUnenroll\u201d, and then Done<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"color-white\">Wait a few minutes, then check for Minecraft updates in the Windows Store app<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"color-white\">If you haven\u2019t been updated, uninstall&nbsp;<em>Minecraft&nbsp;<\/em>completely, and install a fresh copy from the Windows Store<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"color-white\">And if you\u2019re&nbsp;<em>still<\/em>&nbsp;having issues, uninstall&nbsp;<em>Minecraft<\/em>, log out from the Insider Hub, Xbox Companion App, and Windows Store. Restart your PC, then log back into the Windows Store and download&nbsp;<em>Minecraft&nbsp;<\/em>anew<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span class=\"color-white\">Are you wanting to convert your JAVA worlds or make your own PBR textures?&nbsp; NVIDIA has created an easy to follow guide containing details for all you need to know.&nbsp; Please check it out if you are interested!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"color-white\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/geforce\/guides\/minecraft-rtx-texturing-guide\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/geforce\/guides\/minecraft-rtx-texturing-guide\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"color-white\">Colosseum RTX<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"638\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kiZXSd5k_3k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Creator: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BanvP\">BANV<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong>Pack Type: World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you love the history of the Roman Empire?&nbsp; Experience the Colosseum in its glory day in this beautiful recreation containing historical trivia.&nbsp; Find hidden locations and take in the marvelous sights it holds.<\/p>\n<h2>Dungeon Dash RTX<\/h2>\n<p><em>Coming Soon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/official-launch-of-ray-tracing-nvidia-sweepstakes-and-more.png\" alt width=\"849\" height=\"478\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Creator: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockworks.uk\/\">BlockWorks<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong>Type: Action<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A dangerous and challenging medieval countryside.&nbsp; Fight your way through an Orc Fortress, a treetop village, a mysterious mine, and floating islands as you conquer each of the 10 unique dungeons.<\/p>\n<h2>Final Words<\/h2>\n<p>Check out NVIDIA&#8217;s site for more in-depth information regarding the RTX update along with information about their DLSS technology.&nbsp; If you have any questions check out Mojang&#8217;s FAQ.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/geforce\/news\/minecraft-rtx-dlss-official-release\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/geforce\/news\/minecraft-rtx-dlss-official-release\/<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/help.minecraft.net\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360041035092-Minecraft-NVIDIA-RTX-FAQ\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/help.minecraft.net\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360041035092-Minecraft-NVIDIA-RTX-FAQ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experience Minecraft on Windows 10 in a whole new light with the official launch of Mojang&#8217;s Render Dragon technology powered by NVIDIA&#8217;s Ray Tracing technology!&nbsp; If you&#8217;ve been following along our previous posts you know just how pretty Minecraft can be.&nbsp; In order to experience this newest update, you will need at least a GeForce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-minecraft-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}