Minecraft Performance

Underwhelming

(Where did advanced search go? I didn't have much luck searching for this, without being able to specify topic...)

Hidee ho, all!

Intel Pentium T4200, 2.0 GHz, dual-core
4GB DDR2
Windows 7 Pro 64
Integrated Nvidia GPU, not sure which one specifically. I'm not home right now to check.

I recently started looking into Minecraft performance. My hardware isn't terrible and Minecraft doesn't even require a gig of RAM to run smoothly. But my single and multiplayer FPS is around 19 at best. After seeing this video about optimizing Minecraft performance, I got excited.

The guy in this video uses RAMDisk to create... a... RAM disk... dedicated to running Minecraft. He doesn't show his performance before this, but afterwards he is getting 50ish FPS in single player. Well, I followed his procedure and my FPS didn't change.

So I'm wondering where the bottleneck is and what I can do about it. What suggestions do you have for improving performance in Minecraft?

Edit: After looking at all the other threads in GT, my post looked out of place. Let's try HA.

Edit 2: Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern. Definitely Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern. Very sorry about being a clown and moving this thing all over!

Stormwatcher

Well, IIRC, Minecraft runs on Java, and it's mostly CPU based. So I'd guess the best thing you can do is try a faster CPU. The T4200 is not the fastest cat in the backyard, unfortunately.

Skeith

Your processor is definitely the bottleneck for minecraft. I upgraded from a similar one to a 3.0 dual core, and it was a pretty noticeable boost.

Underwhelming

I see. Thanks. It's a laptop, so no CPU upgrade for me. One day I'll have a nice but affordable gaming rig. Sigh...

acidlacedpenguin

If you or a friend has a decent desktop set up you could run the minecraft server on it and at least off-load all those kinds of duties from your CPU to the server machine, that might increase your performance.

Donovan Puppyfucker

Did someone say nice but affordable gaming rig?

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157329 MOBO = $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775 CPU = $130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147096 RAM = $39
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130804 Video card = $199
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185 HDD = $85
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016 PSU = $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118067 DVD/R = $19
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001554 Monitor = $229
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109252 KB&M = $22
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121034 2.1 speakers = $45

Everything you need to comfortably play any game you want with great performance (this setup will play BF3 smoothly at good settings, nevermind Minecraft...), for $958. And cuts can be made! And you could ask for bits of it as Christmas presents!