Processor: 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM, 2.0-2.8GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache) Graphics video card: nVidia GT 540M 1024MB PCI-Express GDDR3 DX11 with Optimus™ Technology RAM: 6,144MB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) Primary hard drive: 500GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) also windows 7 home premium... will that run minecraft with great fps? will it run other games good also? its a laptop also btw
Processor: 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM, 2.0-2.8GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache) Graphics video card: nVidia GT 540M 1024MB PCI-Express GDDR3 DX11 with Optimus™ Technology RAM: 6,144MB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) Primary hard drive: 500GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) also windows 7 home premium... will that run minecraft with great fps? will it run other games good also? its a laptop also btw
That computer is WIN with minecraft, I have a slightly worse computer than that (i5-750, Nvidia GTX460 GDDR5 1Gb DX11, 4gb DDR3 RAM, 3tb of Harddrive space (2tb is for media server for playstation) and windows 7 64 bit pro) and I get really great framerates, even with an 256 texture pack... The highest frame rate I've gotten with minecraft was about 500 fps... It also runs great with any other game..
Miencraft isn't multi-threaded, so rather than running faster on multiple cores, it runs based on the speed of each individual core. Still, it doesn't take much processing power, as it's mostly GPU-intensive, so you should be fine. The only thing that's taxing to the processor is world generation, which only takes a few seconds anyway.
Agreed.
It sucks working at a computer retail store and seeing all these new *even though they're stock standard*, brilliant spec computers, and not wanting to be a consumerist and buy them, due to the fact my current custom built computer runs MineCraft perfectly.
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Miencraft isn't multi-threaded, so rather than running faster on multiple cores, it runs based on the speed of each individual core. Still, it doesn't take much processing power, as it's mostly GPU-intensive, so you should be fine. The only thing that's taxing to the processor is world generation, which only takes a few seconds anyway.
BTW, nice specs. I am green with envy.
I thought MC was CPU dependent more so than GPU? Also, the OP's CPU has a neat feature that's excellent for single threaded apps, Turbo Boost. It passively overclocks the single core being used so you gain a decent boost in speed.
You could run Minecraft on a toaster oven. :tongue.gif: I run it on a 2003 XP and it works fine. That computer you have is top of the line. I'm jealous.
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I thought MC was CPU dependent more so than GPU? Also, the OP's CPU has a neat feature that's excellent for single threaded apps, Turbo Boost. It passively overclocks the single core being used so you gain a decent boost in speed.
Minecraft is actually very GPU dependent. Without a dedicated GPU, you can expect to be bottlenecked to about 3fps.
CPU is only needed if your going to blow up a large amount of stuff, its the GPU that handles all the rendering.
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this might make me sound stupid... but GPU is just the graphics card, right?
i7 is the newest core processor, and a 1GB dedicated graphics card would be brilliant for most games.
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That computer is WIN with minecraft, I have a slightly worse computer than that (i5-750, Nvidia GTX460 GDDR5 1Gb DX11, 4gb DDR3 RAM, 3tb of Harddrive space (2tb is for media server for playstation) and windows 7 64 bit pro) and I get really great framerates, even with an 256 texture pack... The highest frame rate I've gotten with minecraft was about 500 fps... It also runs great with any other game..
Go for it, if you have the dosh...
I play on this totally EPIC server:
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BTW, nice specs. I am green with envy.
Agreed.
It sucks working at a computer retail store and seeing all these new *even though they're stock standard*, brilliant spec computers, and not wanting to be a consumerist and buy them, due to the fact my current custom built computer runs MineCraft perfectly.
I thought MC was CPU dependent more so than GPU? Also, the OP's CPU has a neat feature that's excellent for single threaded apps, Turbo Boost. It passively overclocks the single core being used so you gain a decent boost in speed.
It's chasing me! Help!
I'm trapped in the corner!
It's coming closer!
It's...
It's...
IT'S...
It's giving me a hug?
this might make me sound stupid... but GPU is just the graphics card, right?