I know this has been asked time and time again, but I'm still trying to figure it out. I am running a pretty high-end (if I do say so myself) custom built computer, and getting low framerates in Minecraft.
My specs are as follows (and about 1.5 years old, on the oldest parts):
MSI 990FXA-GD80
AMD FX-4170 @ 4.2 GHz
2x XFX Radeon HD7870 Double D (in CrossfireX)
16 GB DDR3
120 GB SSD (System Drive, also has Minecraft on it)
I can max out most games and be totally fine, but Minecraft seems to be the exception. I typically play with shaders now, since I figured out how to install them, but my FPS even without them are hurting.
I am playing on 1.6.2, and this happens WITH Optifine installed and "tuned". With shaders turned on, and a 64x texture pack (Sphax BDCraft), I get around 20fps. I thought to myself, "maybe it's the shaders", so I switched it to normal, with default textures and no shaders. I cap out at 30fps, while some of the guys I play with get 300+
I have tried changing javaw.exe to High priority. I've tried upping my RAM usage for Minecraft (right now its from 1G-2G). I've tried tweaking settings in Optifine, Minecraft, and my shaders. I can't seem to figure out what's going on.
Is this a driver problem? Is it something that Minecraft does? Is my hardware not as good as I thought it was?
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Minecraft insn't SLI, and the 7870 struggles with High Specced shaders
Even if I turn my shaders off, and go to standard Vanilla everything, I still can't top 30fps Could it be that having my cards in CrossfireX is actually hurting the performance?
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Most FX CPU's need a BIOS update to run properly, please update your BIOS
Considering that for the last year and a half since I built the machine, I've been able to run everything flawlessly, at high or ultra settings, with good framerates, I have a feeling that's not it. I don't really fancy the idea of flashing new BIOS, simply because that's a little more intimate and system-breaking if something goes wrong. If it comes to that, I will, but my CPU runs properly for everything from BF3, BS:I, B:AC, encoding video, etc... The only thing I really have "problems" with is Minecraft. Don't get me wrong, 30fps is more than a lot of people get, but I feel like I should be getting quite a bit more.
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The other thing I've found is that by going into Fullscreen, rather than windowed, increases my FPS. I was able to pull off 50+ with my 64x resource pack and SEUS shaders, at 1920x1080.
I prefer to be windowed, because I frequently pop open the wiki, Skype, or YouTube on my second and third monitors, and it is kind of a pain to lose fullscreen when I open something else. I'll check into some of the other settings, like V-Sync, and see if I'm missing something.
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Learn some Java before you mod, and skip over the chapter on ModLoader, straight to MinecraftForge. It's better. Trust me.
My specs are as follows (and about 1.5 years old, on the oldest parts):
MSI 990FXA-GD80
AMD FX-4170 @ 4.2 GHz
2x XFX Radeon HD7870 Double D (in CrossfireX)
16 GB DDR3
120 GB SSD (System Drive, also has Minecraft on it)
I can max out most games and be totally fine, but Minecraft seems to be the exception. I typically play with shaders now, since I figured out how to install them, but my FPS even without them are hurting.
I am playing on 1.6.2, and this happens WITH Optifine installed and "tuned". With shaders turned on, and a 64x texture pack (Sphax BDCraft), I get around 20fps. I thought to myself, "maybe it's the shaders", so I switched it to normal, with default textures and no shaders. I cap out at 30fps, while some of the guys I play with get 300+
I have tried changing javaw.exe to High priority. I've tried upping my RAM usage for Minecraft (right now its from 1G-2G). I've tried tweaking settings in Optifine, Minecraft, and my shaders. I can't seem to figure out what's going on.
Is this a driver problem? Is it something that Minecraft does? Is my hardware not as good as I thought it was?
Yes.
Yes
Not that I can think of that would affect it.
Considering I built it as a gaming rig, I didn't really think that was the problem. That's why I'm surprised.
Even if I turn my shaders off, and go to standard Vanilla everything, I still can't top 30fps Could it be that having my cards in CrossfireX is actually hurting the performance?
Considering that for the last year and a half since I built the machine, I've been able to run everything flawlessly, at high or ultra settings, with good framerates, I have a feeling that's not it. I don't really fancy the idea of flashing new BIOS, simply because that's a little more intimate and system-breaking if something goes wrong. If it comes to that, I will, but my CPU runs properly for everything from BF3, BS:I, B:AC, encoding video, etc... The only thing I really have "problems" with is Minecraft. Don't get me wrong, 30fps is more than a lot of people get, but I feel like I should be getting quite a bit more.
If you are getting a 'constant' 30fps, you might have Vsync turned on. Check, whether in the game settings or the Catalyst Control Center.
I prefer to be windowed, because I frequently pop open the wiki, Skype, or YouTube on my second and third monitors, and it is kind of a pain to lose fullscreen when I open something else. I'll check into some of the other settings, like V-Sync, and see if I'm missing something.