Hi, I am pretty new to PC gaming, and I have a standard laptop. My laptop can run average - graphic games including Team Fortress 2, Garry's Mod, Mount & Blade: Warband, and a few others great on above - average graphics settings. My problem is that it can't run Minecraft well at all, and I have no idea why. When I play, it lags tremendously on any setting unless the view distance is set on tiny; even then I'm getting very choppy gameplay. If anyone has any idea on what's wrong and how to fix it, it would be greatly appreciated :good:
Minecraft Performance Issue
- Thread starter antwanftw
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http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Lenovo-B560-Notebook.45337.0.html
- the specs are in the right panel. again, nothing special but if it runs those other games perfect I just don't understand why it couldn't run MC
Dragunov IV 424
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Do you play full screen? if o and you want better game play, resize it. That should already make it better. Then if it is still slow, then you need a graphics card. This game takes a huge amount of graphics, and I have no clue why. The rezone You can run TF2 and what not is because they don't take as much graphics.
Thanks to you and everyone else. One more question; If it is my graphics card, then is it a good idea to invest in a new one, not only for minecraft but just games in general. And if I were to, can someone give me a link on a crash course for manually installing a new graphics card?
Dragunov IV 424
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First try what I recommended, If that doesn't work, then yes it will be your graphics card. So let me know, and then I will find a link for you.
Thanatos
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This has little to do with graphics. It uses a ton of RAM. Be sure to allocate about 1/4 to 1/3 of your RAM to Java, use this tutorial HERE.
Be sure that you have no background processes running that are using all your resources and set the priority of Java to High in Task Manager using the tutorial HERE.
I remember mine was running slowly and it was just because a process was using my CPU at 100% constantly. And there is probably no need at all to put more money into that laptop by buying a graphics card. The only thing worth buying is some extra RAM, and it will speed everything up, not just minecraft.
No, not a good idea to invest in a new graphics card. If I were you, I'd build a good quality PC that would last you for the next 2 years or so.
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Dragunov IV 424
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I disagree, because it makes a huge difference on this comp.
Aastii
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1 - Do NOT change the Java memory allocation, it can seriously mess with system stability. You want to create a simple batch file to allocate more memory to Minecraft only
2 - It is a notebook, you can't upgrade the graphics
3 - Again, don't change the priority of Minecraft, same reason as memory, it can cause system instability
Firstly, which version of the B560 do you have. There are some with different specs to the one you posted. If you are unsure, download Speccy from here:
http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download/standard
And run it. It will tell you the specs of your system. If nothing else, post what CPU, RAM and Graphics you have.
It is unlikely to be memory as the only issues ever caused by Minecraft and memory is it running out. You can run on 512MB spare, but it will end up crashing the program as it has run out of available memory rather than cause immediate performance issues.
If your laptop is the version without an i3, the graphics most probably doesn't support OpenGL, which will almost cripple the game totally. It is either going to be that or a CPU fault which can't be solved without upgrade, which you can't do on a laptop anyway. That is assuming it is a hardware fault which, if it isn't (we will know from the model of laptop you are using), there will be another way to fix the problem
Dragunov IV 424
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oh, I almost forgot, Defragment your comp. Go to control panel, click on performance In there you will have the option for defraging. It may take up to 5-6 hrs, depending on how programs you got on your comp