Who said you can't have good fps whilst still having amazing visuals? big pixels combines a 8,8 texture pack(brilliant for slow computers) and a high def look. This pack also eliminates fire and portal animations, this drastically boosts the smoothness and fps on slow computers.

What all this means

This means that you will be able to play minecraft twice as smooth than your standard texture. So if you run render distance small you will be able to put it up to normal no problem, that mean you will see the sun what in my opinion is a big bonus.

I used glsl shaders, i would strongly recommend it.

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