GatheringTree ... What kind of computer hardware is needed to run, say, MC using a 256K x 256K resource pack with maxed out video settings?
... I have an opportunity to purchase a slightly used AMD FX08329 eight-core 3.5GHz Processor/Gigabyte AMD AM3+ Motherboard... I have tried MC on this computer and only get it to play 128K x 128K resource packs. Anything 256K x 256K will just crash it.... That computer has an XFX AMD RADEON R7 250E Core Edition 1GB Graphics card and 8GB of RAM onboard...
If anyone is playing MC with 256K x 256K resource packs, please share your knowledge, and what hardware you are using. Thank you.
Thank you, ContinentalAir, for that information.
I received this by private message and consider it a best answer to my specific question:
"The problem is just the graphics card. 1GB Graphics card can only hold a 128x128 in minecraft if you wish to run a good 256x256 or 512x512 then you should look for computer with at least 2GB Graphics card. RAM is fair enough to have a 8GB. The processing unit (CPU) is not that important AMD XFX 3.5GHz is fair enough. Just look for better graphics card and you should run a 256x256 or even 512x512 without any problems."
Other private answers to share with this forum string include:
"Well, my computer is only dual core with 1.4 ghz and I am able to run 256x256 with Optifine, however to run it I have to open task manager and set Java's priority to high. But I would think that 3.5 ghz would run just fine. If it doesn't (but I really think it would) you can open task manager, right click Java, click on details, right click Java again and set priority to high (assuming it's Windows)."
and
"Hi, you would need an common PC CPU, nothing very big, nothing very fast, even an older CPU is sufficiant, lets say anything >2ghz and the more the better. The mentionend 3,5ghz sounds more than sufficiant, but I dont know about your mainboard and its versions, but I can't imagine that's the point of the issue.... ... If MC "crashes" then you may have an memory issue. Use Java64, set it to 2gb java ram usage. Deactivate mipmapping, anti-alias, mipmapping (called diffrent within diffrent MC-versions). If it works try to reactive the option."
