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Allocating More Memory to Minecraft

Updated on Mar 16th, 2014, 3/16/14 10:11 am | 1 logs
Published Mar 4th, 2014, 3/4/14 8:38 pm
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AngryCupcake274's Avatar AngryCupcake274
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To allocate more memory to Minecraft, do the following:

Open the Minecraft launcher
Click on the "Edit Profile" button
Where it says "JVM Arguments" (at the bottom) type in:
"-Xmx[amount of memory in GB]G -Xms[same amount of memory in GB]G"

Simplified:
"-Xmx4G -Xms4G" = 4GB of memory allocated to Minecraft
This works for all GB amounts, just don't go too high.

Also, you can put:
"-Xmx2048M -Xms2048M" = 2GB of memory for Minecraft
Here are some common MB to GB amounts:

1G = 1024M
2G = 2048M
3G = 3072M
4G = 4096M
5G = 5120M
6G = 6144M
7G = 7168M
8G = 8192M

274G = 280576M
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Update #1 : by AngryCupcake274 03/16/2014 10:11:12 amMar 16th, 2014

Had wrong JVM args.  Fixed now.

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03/16/2014 4:10 pm
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Before doing this, though, check how much RAM you have by (in windows) pressing the start button, right clicking computer, and selecting properties. Where it says "Installed memory: (ram)" is where you'll find the max amount of ram you can put on minecraft. (I suggest if you want to set your mc ram as high as possible, set it as your max ram - 1 GB, just to be safe)

very informative, diamond/fav/sub :)
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03/18/2014 10:25 am
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AngryCupcake274
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Thanks for the diamond, favorite, and sub!  Also, you can also right click your start menu bar, click "Task Manager", then look at the available memory.  Then take away one or two GB, and you should be fine.
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03/16/2014 11:02 am
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BrookieYT
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doesnt allow me :(
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03/18/2014 10:23 am
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AngryCupcake274
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If you have to, try allowing more virtual memory to Windows.  (If you use Windows)  Then try to add money to Minecraft.
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03/18/2014 12:36 pm
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BrookieYT
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How do I add money to Minecraft O_o?
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03/20/2014 9:00 am
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AngryCupcake274
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Money....?  Explain.
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03/20/2014 10:24 am
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BrookieYT
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If you mean premium. I already have that.
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03/24/2014 11:43 pm
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AngryCupcake274
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Premium Minecraft or Windows?
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03/04/2014 10:24 pm
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TheNillaCrafters
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I literally just watched a video on this...
Still as helpful as ever :D
Diamond.

EDIT :
don't mean to hi-jack your blog, but another way to add RAM is go to control panel > programs > Java Runtime > Java > View > Runtime parameters and add -XmX (w/e amount but must be in MBs)
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03/05/2014 7:46 am
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AngryCupcake274
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Thanks for the diamond!

And your way is a great way to allocate more memory to a Minecraft server.  I've seen so many questions on how to do that.
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