I recently just got back into Minecraft after a three year hiatus. When I installed the game (fresh, no mods), on my laptop I discover I am only getting 20-30 FPS. My current laptop has an GTX 970M, i7-4710MQ @ 2.50 GHz, and 8GBs of system memory. In no way should I be only receiving 30 FPS at a maximum.
At first I figured it was something with Java, maybe it was heavily outdated. What I found out was that I had 32bit Java instead of 64bit, for some reason. I corrected the mistake and installed the latest version with a result of a new FPS count to 50-60. An improvement, but not where I wanted to be. Next I made sure my drivers were up to date. They were. At this point I restart my computer, thinking maybe a restart might kick it into gear. Nope! I was incorrect in thinking that would have an effect.
So, currently I am stumped. I have no clue or idea at how to fix this issue.
Here is an image of the current state of affairs. 60 FPS is not bad, by any means of the word, but I know my computer can push it further than that. If my single 560ti can run Minecraft at well-over 200 FPS, then why can't a GPU that is roughly equivalent to an 680 do the same?
I'm hoping with this post someone will offer new insight and ideas to help in the situation.
I recently just got back into Minecraft after a three year hiatus. When I installed the game (fresh, no mods), on my laptop I discover I am only getting 20-30 FPS. My current laptop has an GTX 970M, i7-4710MQ @ 2.50 GHz, and 8GBs of system memory. In no way should I be only receiving 30 FPS at a maximum.
At first I figured it was something with Java, maybe it was heavily outdated. What I found out was that I had 32bit Java instead of 64bit, for some reason. I corrected the mistake and installed the latest version with a result of a new FPS count to 50-60. An improvement, but not where I wanted to be. Next I made sure my drivers were up to date. They were. At this point I restart my computer, thinking maybe a restart might kick it into gear. Nope! I was incorrect in thinking that would have an effect.
So, currently I am stumped. I have no clue or idea at how to fix this issue.
Here is an image of the current state of affairs. 60 FPS is not bad, by any means of the word, but I know my computer can push it further than that. If my single 560ti can run Minecraft at well-over 200 FPS, then why can't a GPU that is roughly equivalent to an 680 do the same?
I'm hoping with this post someone will offer new insight and ideas to help in the situation.
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ModeratorMinecraft is using your onboard intel GPU, not the nvidia one, see http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/support/unmodified-minecraft-client/2583815-solved-low-fps-problems#c4 for how to make it use the nvidia one
Well, I feel smart. LOL
Honestly, I figured it was something like that--super simple, and I was just being oblivious to the facts in front of me.
Thanks for the response.
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Moderatorcommon issue on a laptop, the hardware doesn't see java as needing the decent GPU so only enables output via the basic one