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Whenevr I play minecraft on my computer its usually laggy on singleplayer.
I have a sony vaio computer
The sony computer is 1080p full HD and its windows 7
It has 4GB of RAM
Minecraft fps average is around 35fps
Is there a way I can stop my lag for free and increase my fps without having to put my render distance to tiny, clouds off and smooth lighting off.
I would really appreciate if somebody helps me. I would like to enjoy playing minecraft more often without worrying about my crazy lag.

Ok what u need to do is turn down ur render distance also can u post if your pc is a 32 bit or 64 bit

Well there is a mod called Optifine, which you probably know about. It gives more settings so you can lower the lag and quality without lowering it all the way down.

Also, If you have a lot of Windows or other games open when you play. Try closing out anything your not using.

Quote from ThePinkPiglet

Ok what u need to do is turn down ur render distance also can u post if your pc is a 32 bit or 64 bit

He said is there a way to do it without turning down the render distance....

I don't believe optifine works on 1.7.2 but I could be wrong

Chances are it has integrated graphics, and there isn't a way to upgrade your laptop. So, the only things you can do is optimize it.

Here's a useful link: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/195065-drastically-reduce-or-even-get-rid-of-minecraft-lag/
And an alright video:

What's your graphics card? 35 FPS isn't so bad, it's what I tend to get sometimes.

Quote from Druw25

The sony computer is 1080p full HD and its windows 7
It has 4GB of RAM

Found your problem. 4gb is barely passable as far as modern games go. Download OptiFine, close background programs, decrease render distance, play in windowed mode (in that order). If you want higher, you're going to need to upgrade your RAM (and possibly your CPU/GPU if they are also low-power).

Quote from frizbee2

Found your problem. 4gb is barely passable as far as modern games go.

Lies. 4GB is perfectly fine. The only time I've seen my go past 3GB that I remember was an extended session of BF4.

Quote from frizbee2

Found your problem. 4gb is barely passable as far as modern games go. Download OptiFine, close background programs, decrease render distance, play in windowed mode (in that order). If you want higher, you're going to need to upgrade your RAM (and possibly your CPU/GPU if they are also low-power).

4GB is PLENTY. I could play Doom 3 with less than 1GB.

1.7 recently came out, and there is a new feature called "mipmap". If I have this on in the video settings, it makes Minecraft lag too hard and makes it unplayable.

my computer is 64 bit
How do I check what graphics card I have?
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