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jesbuscuswin 7 premium 64-bit
amd athelon dual core processor
2.80ghz
650gb hard drive
3gb ram
nividia geforce 6150 graphics card
zackdavis19901. Adjust the allocated memory (Easy and very effective)
On a 32-bit system (on 64-bit you need to go to the 32-bit control panel, go to your control panel and open 2 things, "System" and "Java".Under System, I will say a whole bunch of things. What you are looking for is the RAM amount. (Normally MB or GB) Write down the amount you have. The go to the Java Window and go to the Java Tab. Under "Java Runtime Environment Settings" click "View...". In this window, under the "user" tab, go to the Runtime Variables and put in the amount of RAM you want MineCraft to use. Depending on how much RAM you have, you should put in the following:
RAM | put in Runtime Variables
256MB-512MB | Changing this will not help with only 512MB
513MB-1024MB | -Xmx512m or -Xmx700m
1025MB-2048+ | -Xmx1024m
Once you do this, you should see a great speed up in MineCraft.
ALSO! Look at making minecraft run faster tip #9 to help if you have little RAM.
2. Set "javaw.exe" to High priority. (Easy but not very effective)
Hold "Control" and "Shift" on your Keyboard and press "Escape". This will open up the Task Manager. Now open MineCraft or go to a skin on PMC. This will initialize Java. In the Task Manager, go to "Processes". In this tab, look for the "javaw.exe" process. Once you've found it, Right click on it and under "Set Priority" Select "Above Normal" or "High". This most likely will not help that much, but if you are running a lot of programs it will.
3. Download and Install Optifine (More complicated but VERY effective)
Go to the Optifine Mod page and Downlaod and install Optifine. Then set the options to your desire.
4. Downlaod the latest drivers for you Graphics/Video Card. (Pretty easy, pretty effective)
Go to your graphic's card's brad website. (e.g. nVidia, ATI, Intel) Once you have the latest drivers, test outMineCraft and see if it runs faster. If not, proceed to number 5.
5. Adjust your Graphics/Video Card Settings (More complicated and VERY effective if needed)
With a nVidia graphics card, go to your control panel (under the start menu). Under 3D settings, go to "Manage 3D settings". Here you can select "*.exe" files and adjust the settings for them. If you use the Downloadable version of MineCraft, (Which can also help with speed) then select Minecraft.exe and adjust the settings that are recommended for speed. Or you can just go to the "Adjust image settings with preview" thing under 3D settings and slide the bar to "Performance"
6. Turn sound off in MineCraft (Easy and can be VERY effective)
Under the MineCraft settings, (not your computer settings) turn sounds and music off. It may sound weird, but sound is another thing for MineCraft to run, and in my experiences, it can make a big impact.
7. Get a New Graphics card (EXPEN$IVE but EXTREMELY effective)
Just get a new graphics card for your computer. Simple as that.
8. Adjust your computer's performance settings (Simple but not too effective)
Go to the Control panel and go to "System". Go to the "Advanced" tab and under "Performance" click on "Settings". On the "Visual Effects" tab, select "Custom" and de-select the things you can live without. Most of these you caturn off and not notice a difference. Then go to the "Advanced" tab and under "Virtual Memory", click on "Change". Select a drive that has at least 2MB of available space, and then under "Paging file size for selected drive", set the minimum to 1024, and the maximum to 2048. You can increase the values if you wish. Doing this will also help with the first making MineCraft run faster tip because it will give your computer more "RAM", however, the disk space used as RAM will not be as fast as normal RAM.
9. Clean up your computer and Defrag. (Takes quite a bit of time but effective)
Open your start menu and go to All Programs. Under Accessories and under System Tools, select "DiskCleanup". This will scan your computer for un-needed files. (If you haven't done this for a while it will take a LONG time, so be paitent.) Once it is done scanning, go to the "More Options" tab and under "System Restore" select "Clean up". This might also take a while. Then go back to the "Disk Cleanup" tab and select all boxes EXCEPT the "Compress old files" option. Then Click "OK". This might also take a while. Once this is done, go back to the start menu, go to all programs, then accessories, then system tools, and click on the "Disk Defragmenter". Select the drive you have MineCraft on, and click "Defragment". This most likely will take a LONG LONG LONG time, but will be worth it in the end.
10. Get a new computer. (Effective immediately)
If your computer can't run MineCraft well, after doing most or all of the above, then you just need a new computer. Sorry if I wasn't able to help you! But I hope I did!!!
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