I have 2 gigs on Windows 7 and mine runs max settings at 1680 x 1050 at over 100 fps. Graphics card is much more important.
It was a general statement, 2gig of RAM is the MINIMUM requirement for windows 7 alone, which means anything else you install or run will instantly be using page file, which means disk read/write instead of physical RAM access.
I noticed the OP only had 2gig from the screenshot. More RAM = better performance, certainly better than just setting process priority. 2gig of RAM costs about the same as minecraft itself, pretty cheap way to effectively double your system performance all round and in my opinion a good point to make in a performance tutorial thread.
just a word of warning, using that priority thing in task manager can cause instability to ur entire computer, resulting freezes, hangs, crashes, and so forth.
Just a heads-up and confirming that raising priority on Minecraft has negative repercussions in some cases.
Even raising MC to AboveNormal priority makes my Logitech driver miss 5-6 of 10 clicks. You want frustrating?
If this works for you great, but a safer solution is to confirm that you're not running any unnecessary background processes and see if your video settings can be tweaked any for speed.
Doing this wont mess anything up, it just makes the priority of Minecraft higher.
I've been doing this for a long time, it's safe.
But yes, there can pose a VERY VERY LOW Risk.
Actually, it can mess things up. Maybe not for Minecraft, but in GMod setting a higher priority will increase your framerate, but give you heaps of internet lag spikes.
It might for other games, but this tutorial is for Minecraft not GMod.
It does for any program, not just games. Some people are lucky and might not get any issues but it can happen, GMod was just an example from my personal experience.
Just a heads-up and confirming that raising priority on Minecraft has negative repercussions in some cases.
Even raising MC to AboveNormal priority makes my Logitech driver miss 5-6 of 10 clicks. You want frustrating?
If this works for you great, but a safer solution is to confirm that you're not running any unnecessary background processes and see if your video settings can be tweaked any for speed.
Are you talking about your mouse driver? Seems like we had that problem before with a Logitech driver. I'm currently using a USB mouse (Logitech btw) but it's apparently using some generic Microsoft driver or something. And it's happy.
What's weird is my brother's Logitech mouse works with both our laptops, but my logitech mouse won't work on his laptop.
It's threads like this that make me glad I have a more current computer setup.
Also, there are safer, more reliable methods of speeding up your computer. You can:
1 - Upgrade graphics card AND/OR update drivers.
2 - Increase RAM.
3 - Run computer cleaning programs <--- I recommend doing this at LEAST once a month. Most computers slow down due to harddrive fragmentation, temp folder clogging, and of course registry errors. I suggest using Defraggler and CCleaner, as well as Windows' Disk Cleanup, but you're free to use whatever you like best.
Also, doing #3 reduces the risks of crashes (Both blue and black screens of death) and can prevent files from being corrupted. All this leads to a longer lifespan for your computer. While a lot of people upgrade often (every few years), if you need to do these steps to speed up your computer, you probably can't afford a new one, so every day you can keep it running is worth every second!
Just a heads-up and confirming that raising priority on Minecraft has negative repercussions in some cases.
Even raising MC to AboveNormal priority makes my Logitech driver miss 5-6 of 10 clicks. You want frustrating?
If this works for you great, but a safer solution is to confirm that you're not running any unnecessary background processes and see if your video settings can be tweaked any for speed.
Are you talking about your mouse driver? Seems like we had that problem before with a Logitech driver. I'm currently using a USB mouse (Logitech btw) but it's apparently using some generic Microsoft driver or something. And it's happy.
What's weird is my brother's Logitech mouse works with both our laptops, but my logitech mouse won't work on his laptop.
Yes, I'm referring to the mouse driver. It fails to recognize over half the clicks if I elevate MC's priority.
I tried elevating the driver to the same priority and still drove me insane.
What in the world are you guys running Minecraft ON? I'm using my Media PC that's mostly 6 year-old components, single-core AMD CPU, Nvidia 8600 GPU, and 1 gig of RAM and I get 100+ FPS and since the brain only processes visual information at around 60 Hz, my system is already overkill...
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But I agree, everybody else who doesn't follow MY single point of view is an anti-notch terrorist and a Bin Allah Creeper.
Be careful messing with process affinity. As others have stated, only do it if you understand the full risks of doing so. In my experience it leads to more system instability than anything else. I'm not saying it won't work for you, but I agree with others that there's better ways to increase performance. Windows assigns process priorities the way it does for a reason... and it's honestly not that bad at it.
What in the world are you guys running Minecraft ON? I'm using my Media PC that's mostly 6 year-old components, single-core AMD CPU, Nvidia 8600 GPU, and 1 gig of RAM and I get 100+ FPS and since the brain only processes visual information at around 60 Hz, my system is already overkill...
I've noticed a trend that most people having issues running minecraft have crappy integrated graphics cards. Most people without issue are running dedicated GPU's.
What in the world are you guys running Minecraft ON? I'm using my Media PC that's mostly 6 year-old components, single-core AMD CPU, Nvidia 8600 GPU, and 1 gig of RAM and I get 100+ FPS and since the brain only processes visual information at around 60 Hz, my system is already overkill...
There are a lot of crappy laptops out there.
and since the brain only processes visual information at around 60 Hz, my system is already overkill...
Totally fallacious info. 100Hz is great for a video game, but nowhere near the capacity of your senses.
What kind of old-**** computers do you people have?
My Minecraft runs at nearly 200FPS, no matter what.
Haha I'm trying to play on a 4 year old laptop with integrated graphics that doesn't even support opengl
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Totally fallacious info. 100Hz is great for a video game, but nowhere near the capacity of your senses.
Sorry, meant that there's little noticeable change beyond 60 Hz. Most LCD monitors are locked in at 60 fps anyways, so anything above that is just bragging rights...
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But I agree, everybody else who doesn't follow MY single point of view is an anti-notch terrorist and a Bin Allah Creeper.
Well, no actually. There is a pretty noticeable change. It's all pretty complicated, but think of this for starters: what if the monitor's refresh rate doesn't match up precisely to the video output's?
By the way, does anyone else feel like their character is now walking slower? Or am I insane?
It was a general statement, 2gig of RAM is the MINIMUM requirement for windows 7 alone, which means anything else you install or run will instantly be using page file, which means disk read/write instead of physical RAM access.
I noticed the OP only had 2gig from the screenshot. More RAM = better performance, certainly better than just setting process priority. 2gig of RAM costs about the same as minecraft itself, pretty cheap way to effectively double your system performance all round and in my opinion a good point to make in a performance tutorial thread.
btw, this works on like every process on windows.
My Minecraft runs at nearly 200FPS, no matter what.
Even raising MC to AboveNormal priority makes my Logitech driver miss 5-6 of 10 clicks. You want frustrating?
If this works for you great, but a safer solution is to confirm that you're not running any unnecessary background processes and see if your video settings can be tweaked any for speed.
It does for any program, not just games. Some people are lucky and might not get any issues but it can happen, GMod was just an example from my personal experience.
Are you talking about your mouse driver? Seems like we had that problem before with a Logitech driver. I'm currently using a USB mouse (Logitech btw) but it's apparently using some generic Microsoft driver or something. And it's happy.
What's weird is my brother's Logitech mouse works with both our laptops, but my logitech mouse won't work on his laptop.
Also, there are safer, more reliable methods of speeding up your computer. You can:
1 - Upgrade graphics card AND/OR update drivers.
2 - Increase RAM.
3 - Run computer cleaning programs <--- I recommend doing this at LEAST once a month. Most computers slow down due to harddrive fragmentation, temp folder clogging, and of course registry errors. I suggest using Defraggler and CCleaner, as well as Windows' Disk Cleanup, but you're free to use whatever you like best.
Also, doing #3 reduces the risks of crashes (Both blue and black screens of death) and can prevent files from being corrupted. All this leads to a longer lifespan for your computer. While a lot of people upgrade often (every few years), if you need to do these steps to speed up your computer, you probably can't afford a new one, so every day you can keep it running is worth every second!
Yes, I'm referring to the mouse driver. It fails to recognize over half the clicks if I elevate MC's priority.
I tried elevating the driver to the same priority and still drove me insane.
I've noticed a trend that most people having issues running minecraft have crappy integrated graphics cards. Most people without issue are running dedicated GPU's.
There are a lot of crappy laptops out there.
Totally fallacious info. 100Hz is great for a video game, but nowhere near the capacity of your senses.
Haha I'm trying to play on a 4 year old laptop with integrated graphics that doesn't even support opengl
"When we release a pure bugfix update, people get VERY upset ("NOTHING CHANGED!").. Adding features gives us much happier users. But I do realize that it's only happier users in the short term." - Notch
If you do not want to use this method then thats fine.
I only posted this to help some other people.
Sorry, meant that there's little noticeable change beyond 60 Hz. Most LCD monitors are locked in at 60 fps anyways, so anything above that is just bragging rights...
Don't believe the 60 Hz myth.