How to increase fps in Minecraft is probably the most wanted question we all want answered when our PCs or devices aren’t that good to game with. Even if we know in the end it comes down to hardware specs, there are ways to increase fps in Minecraft by modifying specific things in the software or fiddling with the graphical settings. We can at least make Minecraft run more smoothly than it was before.
There are a lot of common methods out there known in the community that have worked for a lot of players with low-end computers, so keep on reading.
Install Optifine mod
Optifine Mod is a popular optimization mod in Minecraft that has been around for a long time and has significantly improved over the past years. This has worked for even the most low-end PCs when adjusting every setting Optifine has to offer to its lowest option, this mod allows you to gain access to game options that Minecraft has hidden or locked from the default game settings menu which gives the player more options to turn off and potentially increase fps in Minecraft.
To install Optifine you must go to their site: Optifine
Make Minecraft run on high-priority CPU usage.
This method specifically sets the CPU or processor to prioritize a specific amount of power to run Minecraft or any other application set at “High priority”.
In order to change the CPU usage, you can follow the steps below:
You can follow these steps again to make it go back to Normal, or close Minecraft which will reset it back to Normal.
- Open Task Manager
- Go to “Details” on Windows 10, or if on another Windows version, find the tab to see your Detailed processes.
- Right Click javaw.exe which is usually at the top, then hover your mouse on “Set Priority “
- Select/Click on High.
Allocating more RAM to Minecraft
Allocating more RAM to your Minecraft is one way to keep the game from crashing. Depending on how much RAM you may have in your system, this method can be a hit or miss but assuming that you have more than 4GB of RAM, you can keep on reading. Ram doesn’t drastically increase FPS to a significant number, but it does lower the chances of frequent FPS drops and freezes during gameplay.
Even without Mods, if your Minecraft world has Redstone creations to massive building infrastructure, allocating more RAM would help you keep a stable game from dropping FPS to minimizing crashes due to the heavy load that Minecraft may put on your computer.
By following this step, we can allocate more RAM to Minecraft:
- Open Minecraft and click “Installations” at the top next to the “Play” text.
- Hover over the “Latest Release” or Optifine if you are using it, click the 3 Dot icon which brings down a menu, and click “Edit”.
- After being loaded into the “Edit Installation” page, go to the bottom left and there should be a “More Options” button.
- Find JVM ARGUMENTS, which will appear if you scroll down.
- On the first text, “-Xmx2G”, change 2G to 4G, like “-Xmx4G”. This changes the allocated RAM to 4GB; you can modify it to 6GB or more if you have excess RAM.
Getting an FPS-boosting texture pack
Closing background running apps.
This is probably what we all have done or tried to do, it’s one of the common last-resort methods for increasing FPS in Minecraft.
I hope this article has helped you to increase FPS in Minecraft, whether it’s a minor or major difference, getting every possible performance out of your system to play Minecraft is worth it, happy mining.