Despite the "Vanilla" name, it is extremely demanding. You generally need a modern dedicated GPU (Nvidia RTX 20-series or AMD RX 6000-series and above) to maintain 60 FPS [1, 2].
You must use a compatible PBR Resource Pack (like LabPBR) to see the full "raytraced" effect on textures. Vanilla Raytracing for Java! (Support 3D Models)
Requires Iris Shaders or Optifine . It may conflict with other "core shaders" that modify the same rendering pipelines. Setup and Requirements Despite the "Vanilla" name, it is extremely demanding
The project for Minecraft Java Edition is a sophisticated shader and resource pack combination designed to bring real-time path-traced lighting to the game without requiring the "Bedrock RTX" hardware layer. Key Features and Performance Requires Iris Shaders or Optifine
Requires Iris Shaders (recommended for performance) or Optifine .
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