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I'm not sure why, but 32x32 texture packs seem to run faster for me than the default 16x16. I'm not sure if it's some strange anti-logic, or if the MCPatcher changes the code to run more efficiently, but this is one of my observations.

I absolutely swear by the first ten steps. Thank you.

One thing for novice users, slapping minecraft or your server in the face with a crap load of ram isn't gonna solve your problem 50% of the time. lol i learnt this the hard way, I gave my minecraft more ram and had decreased performance. I gave it less than it originally had and wow did i feel stupid, i got a noticeable performance increase right after.

Also, i run my server on the same PC i play minecraft on: If you do the same, setting them both to a high priority in task manager will take it's toll on either your server or your game itself. I run better with them both on normal.

Last but not least, Goddamn search indexer is retarded. It tries to run full steam ahead while you're playing your game...that is just retarded imho. So disable that if you don't really need it...

Thank you again for this thread. Good job!

ok, i am tired of reading this (not just here but in general) so let me post this in the hopes op will actually read it and edit his post. readyboost does NOT add ANYmemory to ram or pagefile, it is used as an addition to Superfetch and prefetch. The page file Mirrors itself to the readyboost drive in order to allow for faster reading of things out of the page file, however this does not actually increase the size of the page file.

Nor will it give minecraft more memory, let me make this clear. there is no such thing as a replacement for ram, nothing will add to your ram other then more ram. readyboost can indeed help, however this is due to it's prefetch nature and that fact that it will be caching the things minecraft frequently calls on.

So yes it helps, but please update the reason as it is not adding any memory whatsoever to the ram or pagefile.


i hope i do not come off as rude, but it drives me simply insane when i see people say readyboost adds memory, when in fact it does not.

edit: thought i might add some quotes for those that are unable to use google

"Using ReadyBoost-capable flash memory (NAND memory devices) for caching allows Windows 7 and Vista to service random disk reads with performance that is typically 80-100 times faster than random reads from traditional hard drives[citation needed]. This caching applies to all disk content, not just the page file or system DLLs"

"The core idea of ReadyBoost is that a flash drive (aka USB thumb drive or USB memory stick) has a much faster seek time than a typical magnetic hard disk (less than 1 ms), allowing it to satisfy requests faster than reading files from the hard disk. It also leverages the inherent advantage of two parallel sources from which to read data"


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"For some people playing on full screen will boos FPS. This is because when it's on full screen your computer doesn't render other windows. F11 on windows puts it into full screen mode."

False, the windows desktop manager will still send requests to have the desktop rendered. The reason you see an increase in FPS is because when in full screen minecraft becomes the dominant window and is given more priority.


"Follow these steps posted by Lost-Ninja. Note: Only if you have 2 or more hard drives."

This will only work if the secondary HD you have is faster then the first one, however people need to make sure that they actually have 2 HD's if you bought your computer at a store and it says it has 2. 9 times out of 10 it is just a secondary partition on the main drive and will not help at all.


"Nvidia nor ATI recognize minecraft as a game, just an everyday program. So it runs off your integrated graphics card instead. "

Please tell me you are not serious when you say this, this is not even remotely true. Minecraft has direct access to the GPU via OpenGL even if you have advanced OpenGL off. and most computers don't even have an integrated card only some do, In the event you do have an integrated card it is disabled in the Bios when you connect a dedicated card, Windows does not even know it exists!


Look i love what you are trying to do but my god do you need to do some research

I have a Nvidia/ATI card and everything else runs fine except Minecraft. Huh?
Anyone know how to use this tip on ATI?

well that's fine but yea please dont spread disinformation it does not help anyone :biggrin.gif:. Since i have given you the actual reasons it helps just put those in your posts so everyone can share in glorious knowledge

Is there any way for XP users to emulate ReadyBoost other than eBoostr?

You, my friend, deserve a million dollars. This helped me alot and my Minecraft is running a million times smoother. Thank you for all of your help :smile.gif:

I play Minecraft at an average FPS of 30-50, but whenever I place a block or open a door it drops to like 5 fps for a second and either places another block or closes the door back. This even happens with buckets when I place something, it just picks it back up. This seems to only happen in places I spend a lot of time in. I just defragged, run on the lowest settings, have java7, and run optifine.

Any help would be appreciated :smile.gif:

I think minecraft must think im still clicking when it lags, but ill go ask general support.

Thanks for the help! normally my com sucks with minecraft, (1fps) but now it's like, 12!! THANK YOU!!
EDIT: Wait, It's better than 12 fps now it's like, 25!!

For example on a computer with 1 gb of ram that runs Windows uses 70% of ram on idle, when running Ubuntu only 20% of ram is used.

Windows has special tasks it only runs when the computer isn't being used. Defragmenting the files used to boot up, for example. Windows stops these programs once someone uses the computer. It doesn't use 70% of its available RAM all the time. The reason Ubuntu does not do this is because it finds ways to perform things like booting up that don't require these processes. (Ubuntu boots from a separate partition to avoid fragmentation of the files used to boot.)

Playing Minecraft through Wubi would theoretically decrease performance, since the computer is running all of the required system processes of Windows and Ubuntu at the same time.

Installing Ubuntu alongside Windows is not as easy as installing another program. In some extreme cases, Windows will not boot after installing Ubuntu. Most of the time Windows can be fixed by using a recovery disc or booting the recovery partition, but most users will not know this. And since their computer won't boot, they can't exactly look up the solution on the internet.

And if you do manage to install Ubuntu, getting Minecraft to work on Ubuntu is not an easy task. Oracle does not distribute the official version of Java in a deb format. If an Ubuntu user wants to install Oracle's version of Java and not Iced Tea (the unofficial Ubuntu version of Java), they either have to convert the rpm file from Oracle and hope for the best or try to install the tarball version manually.


In other words, it isn't worth installing Ubuntu to make one program run slightly faster.