Why am I getting low FPS?

1.) Run batch file as admin
2.) Edit your ram allocation in control panel

Well, I'd like to start off my saying that I think it's funny that you're complaining about getting 60-80 FPS.

Anyway, since your computer is retail and distributed (or even manufactured) by Dell, it probably has its fair share of bloatware on it (i.e. Dell Stage, Dell DataSafe Backup, etc.). Try uninstalling some of the unneeded programs Dell/Alienware installs on it (keep the ones you use, of course!).

Blame Paril.

If you're using an HD Texture Pack try using the original and see how that works.

Try installing Optifine @ http://www.optifine.net

Try Force Updating

Turning your PC on and off.

Deleting MC off your PC entirely and re-installing it.

Try using a low quality Texture Pack like 8x.

Let your PC set off for a day or so.

Update Graphics Card drivers.

Delete System32

That's about all I can think of. If none of these work PM me and I can maybe think of more.

Try running it with less RAM the more ram could be the cause because its an overload. I have 1GB of ram and get 100-200 FPS

60-80 FPS is fast ._.

uninstal your current version of java and install Java 6 JRE

Haha! I have a computer with only 4 GB ram, I'm not using optifine, I use HD texture packs, all my settings are at the best visual quality, and I have tons of mods and I get 80-90 fps when connected to servers I have a crappy connection to! Obviously you're computer is full of crap and viruses... Time for you to get a new one...

Well honestly, Stiggy, 60-70 FPS is just fine. It's very adequate. For the game to run smooth all you need is 30 FPS. You have around 3o-5o above that.

Sounds like Minecraft is defaulting to the HD 4000 instead of the 7970M... You should be getting at least 300FPS with that GPU.

Go into your Catalyst control panel, find the option where it indicates what GPU you're defaulting to and switch it over to the 7970M.

You can but with laptops it can mean anything from having to go into the BIOS and disabling the iGPU from there or something as easy having an executable doing it for you. It all depends on the manufacturer and Alienware isn't something I'm all that familiar with.

GOD what id do for 60-80 FPS! but if you are worried about your devices functionality, I would recommend you updating you graphics card, not your video card, your graphics card, and honestly fraps is a bitch on any dell computers (even alienware) you can try other forms of recording, but honestly I wouldn't be worried about your fps unless it is something like constantly freezing, that means your computer is reaching its amount of ram too fast and minecraft cant control it, so it freezes until it drops to a level where it can load and repeats the process, again try downloading more RAM but I would just check for a decent graphics card for your present one! im quite to date on technological utilities but sometimes, the smallest things can make the biggest impact, I currently can run over 99 mods on my minecraft with my custom 128x texture pack just fine! I would recommend not using shaders but from what ive seen you aren't! if you have any more questions please feel free to contact me! ill be waiting to hear back!

I'm going to assume that you have left rendering distance on either normal or at the same the other people are using that you are comparing too and leap forward to other possibilities first I would get OCCT (its free) it is a stress testing program basically it makes your CPU run at 100% first check your frequency to see if it is actually running at what it is suppose to as I have heard that sometimes I7 CPUs sometimes have a bug either in the motherboard bios or in the chip itself that causes it to run at half of what it should if at 100% usage it is right were it should be then that obviously fine the next thing would be to let it run the stressing for 20-30 minutes to see what the temps are if they are over 60 degrees Celsius the I7 will actually choke itself back to prevent overheating (no two heat sinks are alike nor are CPUs some run a lot hotter then others or there is a factory defect) this is obviously a very in depth approach but its good to know for PC health regardless of minecraft. besides that I would suggest running combofix and malwarebytes its possible that something is just pulling resources and anti-virus programs are rarely sufficient to keep a computer clean.

also the allocating ram can be heavily affected chunk loading which can also cause constant freezing or lag! if your computer cant simply handle minecraft try restarting your launcher or try some other easy launchers like I use! (Magic Launcher) its easy and simple to use, its quite effective when coming to mods and such! It automatically starts out with a half of a gig allocating but based n your memory storage output it will update the amount needed once opening your game! (25%) which should be more then enough for alienware 32gb, im currently running Windows 8 64gb hard drive with a dual core processor and and AMD drive that can function just fine with just about anything, try deleting some stuff on your computer if you have alot of stuff also, sometimes lot of memory on your hard drive or desktop can cause stress on your computers compatibility with running Binary Platform, maybe try installing the most recent java encoding platform like 6SE or 7, again it all depends on what youre working with!

stress testing a cpu that is not overclocked will not damage your computer i promise you this not that it matters much on the internet but I have been working on, fixing, building systems for over 6 years if your computer cannot handle a stress testing program and its not overclocked it needs to be sent back to the factory cause it wont live long

I think I might just try using the Dev new launcher that they'll be using for 1.6.