ray-tracing toggle, there are no options for Nvidia DLSS or AMD's upscaling options to ensure better framerates when playing on high-fidelity graphics settings. There are no ray-traced reflections either and most visible changes are only seen outdoors, eliminating glowy edges on nearby rocks.
McDonald, who rose to prominence by FromSoftware is aware of the lack of upscaling options, and therefore, in its recommended system requirements, lists 1080p resolution as the limit. Anything beyond that could potentially slow down your experience.
Here are the ray-tracing system requirements for Elden Ring, from publisher Bandai Namco:
Elden Ring minimum ray tracing PC requirements
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor (U): AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
- Graphics (GPU): AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12GB)
- RAM: 16GB
- Resolution: 1,920x1,080 pixels at Low quality – Low Ray Tracing
Elden Ring recommended ray tracing PC requirements
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor (U): 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: 1,920x1,080 pixels at High quality – High Ray Tracing
Elden Ring's patch 1.09 also brings several balance adjustments to the game, ranging from scaling in online PvP to making changes to several Ashes of War. You can read the entire patch log on the official over 9 billion times in Elden Ring, with key culprits being damage from enemies, falls to death, status effects, and online PvP. The stats also revealed that players attempted boss battles nearly 6 billion times, of which 329 million was Malenia, Blade of Miquella alone.
A few days after celebrating its one-year anniversary, FromSoftware announced the first major expansion for Elden Ring — February 2022.
Elden Ring is available on PC, Xbox Series S/X. The ray-tracing update feature won't be available on the PS4 and Xbox One versions.