I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 that is two and a half years old, 4 GB of RAM, 70 GB free on a 220 GB hard drive, and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU @ 2.4 GHz. It also has Integrated graphics, which I think are the problem. Is there any way to make minecraft, which runs like a picture slideshow (on fast graphics and tiny render distance) faster?
Posted Jan 9, 2011, 8:31 PM UTC
Are you running a 64-bit os?
If so, use x64 IE to get x64 Java.
Don't know why I assumed I had x64. Goodbye lag deaths.
And thank you.
Could you explain that a little more in depth for the total computer unsavvy please?
Press winkey+pause/break, this will bring up system info. If it says x64 or 64-bit anywhere, you have a 64-bit OS.
Start the x64 version of IE (should be in your start menu).
Go download java.
Thanks!
winkey+pause/break?
It brings up system properties. Those are two keys on a standard keyboard.
Winkey is often between ctrl and alt.
Pause/Break is often at the top right near Print Screen and Scroll Lock
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Get FastRender and MCFS and use the world in RAM option on the latter.
I know of (but haven't tested) 2 mods which claim to improve performance:
McRegion somehow optimizes save files: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/evzbs/mcregion_better_performance_through_optimized/
And FastRenderer (http://www.reddit.com/tb/ev7tz) somehow speeds up rendering.
Also obviously change render quality to fast, enable framerate limiting, play with fog distances, and don't install mods like BetterLight.
I have a laptop with similar specs as the OP's. I use both these mods and saw some noticeable improvements. They're both really easy to install too.