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NerdProductions, on 15 February 2013 - 02:10 PM, said:

Im not sure exactly but it was 1400x800 ish

whoa, that's small. I couldn't imagine using that with a $300 graphics card

[BKrenz]

NerdProductions, on 15 February 2013 - 02:10 PM, said:

Im not sure exactly but it was 1400x800 ish

That would be part of the reason as well. The graphics card simply isn't being told it needs to work to do anything, so it just idles.

[Event_Horizon]

Install a 128 or 256 pack if you can deal with the initial loading times, and your card should detect Minecraft as a 3D game.

[Penguin236]

SteevyT, on 14 February 2013 - 02:33 PM, said:

If Minecraft needs more than 1GB you are either using some insane mod (and 1.5GB should be plenty), or you are doing something horribly wrong.

Well, I needed to allocate 2GB to Voltz to stop making it give me lag spikes because it was running out of memory.

[Rarity_Is_Best_Marshmallow]

is that your monitor's native resolution?

[NerdProductions]

pumpkin_pie13, on 16 February 2013 - 04:32 AM, said:

is that your monitor's native resolution?

my projectors is 1600x1200 but i use it at 2048x1200 and my LCD screen im not sure, but the 1400 ish resolution was the max i could get, its only a old VGA monitor :/ the smart tv we have might be better

[MrQuizzles]

In-game, turn off the Advanced OpenGL setting. Also make sure performance is not set to "Power Saver Mode".

[NerdProductions]

MrQuizzles, on 16 February 2013 - 06:13 AM, said:

In-game, turn off the Advanced OpenGL setting. Also make sure performance is not set to "Power Saver Mode".

isnt open gl supposed to enhance the graphics on powerful PC's?

[CentrallyProcessed]

NerdProductions, on 16 February 2013 - 06:19 AM, said:

isnt open gl supposed to enhance the graphics on powerful PC's?

No, the OpenGL setting will usually benefit less powerful computers through occlusion culling, which doesn't render terrain that won't be visible to the player. Enabling it should lower the load on the GPU. However, since your GPU is not being put under enough load to boost your frame-rates, you will wish to disable this, as it will place greater load on the GPU, which may in turn boost the GPU's clocks from idle, giving you greater performance.

[NerdProductions]

CentrallyProcessed, on 16 February 2013 - 01:23 PM, said:

No, the OpenGL setting will usually benefit less powerful computers through occlusion culling, which doesn't render terrain that won't be visible to the player. Enabling it should lower the load on the GPU. However, since your GPU is not being put under enough load to boost your frame-rates, you will wish to disable this, as it will place greater load on the GPU, which may in turn boost the GPU's clocks from idle, giving you greater performance.

okay, ill try that, thanks

[NerdProductions]

NerdProductions, on 16 February 2013 - 02:28 PM, said:

okay, ill try that, thanks

now it is wayy better, im averaging 150 fps, still would like a bit more, best settings for optifine?

[jppk1]

NerdProductions, on 16 February 2013 - 02:44 PM, said:

now it is wayy better, im averaging 150 fps, still would like a bit more, best settings for optifine?

You don't need more than that as you cannot see it.

[NerdProductions]

jppk1, on 16 February 2013 - 02:55 PM, said:

You don't need more than that as you cannot see it.

if you think so, i want to see the max i can get though

[lieutenant54321]

NerdProductions, on 16 February 2013 - 03:18 PM, said:

if you think so, i want to see the max i can get though

Max is most likely 60fps with your monitor.

[NerdProductions]

lieutenant54321, on 16 February 2013 - 03:23 PM, said:

Max is most likely 60fps with your monitor.

im not sure if you read a couple of posts before but i said that i averaged 150 fps, and my max was around 200 with no mods on high settings

[jppk1]

NerdProductions, on 16 February 2013 - 03:28 PM, said:

im not sure if you read a couple of posts before but i said that i averaged 150 fps, and my max was around 200 with no mods on high settings

Your monitor can only display 60 frames per second not that you could even see more than that anyway.

[CodofMC]

NerdProductions, on 16 February 2013 - 03:28 PM, said:

im not sure if you read a couple of posts before but i said that i averaged 150 fps, and my max was around 200 with no mods on high settings

Most monitors have a refresh rate of 60Hz.  This means that the screen will refresh itself 60 times per second.  If your monitor runs at 60Hz and you run a game at over 60 fps, all of the extra frames will not even be created.  So if you get 150 fps on Minecraft but your monitor runs at 60Hz, that means 90 of those frames aren't even being rendered so there will be no difference between 60Hz and 200Hz.