Minecraft Shaders
1. Sonic Ether's Unbelievable Shaders
SEUS Shader has two version SEUS Renewed and SEUS PTGI
SEUS Renewed is a reinvention of the legacy versions of SEUS that brings you quality visuals at a reasonable performance using traditional rasterization-based rendering methods. There are some unreleased development versions of SEUS Renewed, but most of my development time lately goes into developing SEUS PTGI.
2. BSL Shaders
Good lord, BSL Shaders are beautiful. Like, really beautiful. In fact, when all's said and done, this is the shader pack that I always go back to for my own survival worlds, as well as any Minecraft servers I frequent. Everything included here, from the amazing depth of field effects to the crisp lighting, the beautiful water reflections, and the fluffy far-off clouds utterly transport you to a place that you could almost imagine to be Minecraft 2.0. Plus, you can turn on World Curvature for some wonderfully unique screenshots.
You might expect that such stonking pulchritude comes at the cost of lower frames, but... no, not really. It actually runs a little better for me on my (high-end) rig than the other "go-to" shaders on this list (Sildur's and SEUS). The fact that Minecraft can look this good and still run at a solid 60 FPS on a decent rig just blows my mind.
3. Sildur's Vibrant Shaders
Sildur's Vibrant Shaders is probably the go-to option right now for Minecraft shaders mods, and it's easy to see why once you see it in action. Not only does this shader pack give Minecraft a much-needed and incredibly comprehensive makeover, but it's also made a name for itself as one of the most customisable and flexible shader packs around.
That's really where Sildur's success lies. After all, every single shader pack on this list looks beautiful. But with Sildur's, it's very easy to spend ages tweaking little settings to achieve the absolutely perfect look for you and your Minecraft world. You've got six different versions of the mod to try out, from Lite through to Extreme, so no matter your specs you'll be able to run Sildur's with little effort. And even at maximum settings, Sildur's is remarkably lightweight and scores massive points for performance compared to most other Minecraft shader mods.
