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Does anyone know how much video memory is required to play Minecraft? I currently have an Intel GMA 3150 with 256mb of shared DDR3 video memory.

Edit: If you are able to run Minecraft but you do not know the answer to my question. Could you please post the amount of video memory you have and the render distance? Thanks.

If you want 1 fps thats good!

I did not mention FPS, did I? I simply asked for the required video memory.

I get 6 FPS on average. But I also had a laptop with a GMA 950 that ran Minecraft fairly well, but it has overheating problems.

Video memory is used to store all the vertices and texture of minecraft, as well as rendering the screen. So having only 256mb, shared on top of that, is quite poor. Unless you play on tiny distance, I suspect your game is freezing up often. At least 512mb should be recomended, and dedicated. The difference between shared memory and dedicated memory is shared memory uses your computer's ram, which is much slower. Dedicated memory is memory built onto your video card, so it has direct access to it.

Minecraft barely needs any video memory AT ALL. It's textures are only 16x16. There are many other factors that come into play before video memory is your limiter.

Please, elaborate for me.

I manage to run it on 256Mb shared at normal render distance, it will run on far, but it's not recommended, note that this is with all other video options set on minimum, but using a 32x32 texture pack.