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Last month my graphics card completely died. I got it replaced, but it was a downgrade due to my computer being too old for most new graphics cards.

Once I tried playing MC on this new card, my FPS is so low I can't work with it. It wont seem to go above 5FPS on servers, singleplayer, or even in the opening menu! Before the change, my FPS was at least 50.

I know my system requirements are above required, even with the new graphics card, but I can not seem to find out why I am having this trouble. I have deleted both Java and MC and reinstalled multiple times, tried Optifine, but nothing is helping.

My version of Java is the newest, v7 I believe?

Here are my PC specs.


Processor
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Manufacturer
Intel
Speed
3.0 GHz
Number of Cores
2
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chipset
GeForce FX 5500
Dedicated Memory
384 MB
Total Memory
352.0 MB
Memory
2.1 GB
Operating System
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Service Pack
3
Size
32 Bit
Edition
Display Maximum Resolution
1280 x 960

Drive 1
Size
34.5 GB
Free
22.3 GB

Drive 2
Size
34.5 GB
Free
2.5 GB

Any suggestions at all would be appreciated.

Quote from webrosc

the best suggestion really would be a new computer, that system is pretty old

https://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/325948-minecraft-system-requirements

A new system is too much for me at the moment. I guess the new graphics card isn't enough, but that'll be hard to upgrade as well due to cost. IS there any way to get it working, or will I have to wait to upgrade?

Quote from webrosc

you could try optifine and lower the graphics setting of the game

Tried, but with even the lowest possible settings, there's absolutely no difference.

A Geforce FX 5500 is a very low ended graphics card for Minecraft. I was able to manage 10-15 fps with a Geforce FX 5200 before with an extremely low resolution (680x480) on all low settings, and that graphics card had 512MB of video memory, but I don't recommend it. Try getting a better graphics card, even some of the newer low-ended video cards can play Minecraft better.

If you're still running an AGP video card, I'd also recommend a new motherboard or computer. The main problem I see is that your video card has a very low amount of video RAM.