A few days ago, I ran Minecraft with 60 FPS using high settings and Optifine. Yesterday, I woke up and hopped on a superflat world, getting only 15-20 FPS with the lowest settings and Optifine. Servers and even generic Minecraft worlds are now unplayable for me. I went from getting an above average performance to a trashy, below average performance. I'm not even sure why. I haven't downloaded anything risky in 2 months, so I'm almost positive it's not a virus. I shut down my computer for a full day hoping it just needed a break, only to realize that not just Minecraft was being sluggish, but my entire computer. I even tried doing a "System Restore." All in all, my computer went from great to unacceptable with no trace as to what the problem is. I'm beginning to think that it's my hard drive or something. (I'm not too knowledgeable on computer parts and such, so forgive me if I sound stupid.) I'm trying to avoid having it be taken in and looked at for the problem, since it's a longer process, so if anyone has any idea what's wrong, please do help!
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If your entire PC is being slow, try these things:
Pre1. Don't EVER assume you don't have an infection. A virus can sit dormant on your system for extended periods of time before becoming active. This is to make the infected files seem less likely to be actually infected. Run a FULL system scan with Avast and Malwarebytes. Afterwards run CCleaner and ADW Cleaner to clean up a little more. If you still have issues after this, and nothing too serious is found (no droppers, downloaders, botnets, etc) then proceed below.
1. Defrag it with Ultimate Defrag. Put minecraft at the very edge of the platters (skip this step if you use an SSD)
2. Try running chkdsk. Go to [start] > type "cmd" > right click cmd.exe and click "run as administrator" type "chkdsk /r" (without quotes) and hit enter. It will check your drive for errors upon reboot.
3. In the command line run the system file checker. Do the same as above, except type "sfc /scannow" (without quotes) and hit enter.
4. Windows may have installed some updates that aren't reverting with system restore. Try redownloading and reinstalling all your drivers. Driver Booster by IOBit may be helpful here.
Post back with results.
Also, this isn't a minecraft problem if your entire PC is sluggish, so don't be surprised if your thread is moved or deleted...
I have done all of this and have seen only a slight improvement. Minecraft now runs around 35-40 FPS, and my computer in general hasn't shown much increase in speed.
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A few days ago, I ran Minecraft with 60 FPS using high settings and Optifine. Yesterday, I woke up and hopped on a superflat world, getting only 15-20 FPS with the lowest settings and Optifine. Servers and even generic Minecraft worlds are now unplayable for me. I went from getting an above average performance to a trashy, below average performance. I'm not even sure why. I haven't downloaded anything risky in 2 months, so I'm almost positive it's not a virus. I shut down my computer for a full day hoping it just needed a break, only to realize that not just Minecraft was being sluggish, but my entire computer. I even tried doing a "System Restore." All in all, my computer went from great to unacceptable with no trace as to what the problem is. I'm beginning to think that it's my hard drive or something. (I'm not too knowledgeable on computer parts and such, so forgive me if I sound stupid.) I'm trying to avoid having it be taken in and looked at for the problem, since it's a longer process, so if anyone has any idea what's wrong, please do help!
If your entire PC is being slow, try these things:
Pre1. Don't EVER assume you don't have an infection. A virus can sit dormant on your system for extended periods of time before becoming active. This is to make the infected files seem less likely to be actually infected. Run a FULL system scan with Avast and Malwarebytes. Afterwards run CCleaner and ADW Cleaner to clean up a little more. If you still have issues after this, and nothing too serious is found (no droppers, downloaders, botnets, etc) then proceed below.
1. Defrag it with Ultimate Defrag. Put minecraft at the very edge of the platters (skip this step if you use an SSD)
2. Try running chkdsk. Go to [start] > type "cmd" > right click cmd.exe and click "run as administrator" type "chkdsk /r" (without quotes) and hit enter. It will check your drive for errors upon reboot.
3. In the command line run the system file checker. Do the same as above, except type "sfc /scannow" (without quotes) and hit enter.
4. Windows may have installed some updates that aren't reverting with system restore. Try redownloading and reinstalling all your drivers. Driver Booster by IOBit may be helpful here.
Post back with results.
Also, this isn't a minecraft problem if your entire PC is sluggish, so don't be surprised if your thread is moved or deleted...
I have done all of this and have seen only a slight improvement. Minecraft now runs around 35-40 FPS, and my computer in general hasn't shown much increase in speed.