So just recently got an early birthday present (ASUS G571 G-Series gaming laptop), and I've had this problem with minecraft. It will not allocate more ram past 251 MBs. I've tried messing around with the JVM arguments and copying and pasting suggestions from online. I tried "-Xmx6G" and it would not go past 250 MBs. My friend said it was a software issue, and my compiled isn't set to allocate more memory to MC. So, help?
Do you mean Asus G551 or G751? I don't think there is a G571 is there? What do you mean by "it would not go past 250 MBs"? What exactly happens? Would it not launch or would it popup with an error when you put a higher amount in the java argument field? Is there an error code?
Do you mean Asus G551 or G751? I don't think there is a G571 is there? What do you mean by "it would not go past 250 MBs"? What exactly happens? Would it not launch or would it popup with an error when you put a higher amount in the java argument field? Is there an error code?
8 Gigs of RAM
Yes it's Windows 10
What do you mean by paste my java argument, like what I said for JVM Arguments?
8GB is your total ram correct. I'm asking how much is available (not being used by Windows 10 and other programs running in the background).
A good rule of thumb is to leave 50% of your RAM or at least 3 or 4 GB's if you have more than 6GB for other programs to run on. If you have 8GB total I wouldn't allocate more than 4GB at first.
You might try this java argument at first, and if it works try bumping the 2G up to 4G:
One other thing to check but not sure if this works in Windows 10:
Make sure Minecraft and the launcher are not running.
In Control Panel click on 'System', then click "Advanced System Settings" on the left.
A small window titled "System Properties" will open, then click "Environment Variables" in the bottom right.
This will open a window titled "Environment Variables",
then find the list at the top labeled "Environment variables for
<username>".
Scroll through the list until you see "_JAVA_OPTIONS".
Double click it, and a tiny window will appear titled "Edit User Variable".
In the field labeled "Variable value", search through and remove any
java options specifying memory settings (-Xmx or -Xms). There may only
be "-Xmx253M", in which case just empty all the text in the field.
Press "OK" in the edit, then press "OK" in the variables window, then press "OK" in the system properties window.
So just recently got an early birthday present (ASUS G571 G-Series gaming laptop), and I've had this problem with minecraft. It will not allocate more ram past 251 MBs. I've tried messing around with the JVM arguments and copying and pasting suggestions from online. I tried "-Xmx6G" and it would not go past 250 MBs. My friend said it was a software issue, and my compiled isn't set to allocate more memory to MC. So, help?
How much RAM do you have?
Are you using 64 bit Java or 32 bit?
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8 GB
64 bit
Do you mean Asus G551 or G751? I don't think there is a G571 is there? What do you mean by "it would not go past 250 MBs"? What exactly happens? Would it not launch or would it popup with an error when you put a higher amount in the java argument field? Is there an error code?
by c0yote
I tried it with terrible results. I gave my wife my glasses for a second, a creeper showed up and now my wife is pregnant.
Stupid 3D..
Asus G751JY
https://gyazo.com/e50e908a0e93ed6108a1cdcd57447d01
There is a screenshot of my f3. And my JVM Arguments says -Xmx6G
In the Task Manager under the performance tab how much RAM is available when nothing is running? Windows 10 I'm assuming?
Also can you paste your java argument here.
by c0yote
I tried it with terrible results. I gave my wife my glasses for a second, a creeper showed up and now my wife is pregnant.
Stupid 3D..
8 Gigs of RAM
Yes it's Windows 10
What do you mean by paste my java argument, like what I said for JVM Arguments?
8GB is your total ram correct. I'm asking how much is available (not being used by Windows 10 and other programs running in the background).
A good rule of thumb is to leave 50% of your RAM or at least 3 or 4 GB's if you have more than 6GB for other programs to run on. If you have 8GB total I wouldn't allocate more than 4GB at first.
You might try this java argument at first, and if it works try bumping the 2G up to 4G:
by c0yote
I tried it with terrible results. I gave my wife my glasses for a second, a creeper showed up and now my wife is pregnant.
Stupid 3D..
One other thing to check but not sure if this works in Windows 10:
Make sure Minecraft and the launcher are not running.
In Control Panel click on 'System', then click "Advanced System Settings" on the left.
A small window titled "System Properties" will open, then click "Environment Variables" in the bottom right.
This will open a window titled "Environment Variables",
then find the list at the top labeled "Environment variables for
<username>".
Scroll through the list until you see "_JAVA_OPTIONS".
Double click it, and a tiny window will appear titled "Edit User Variable".
In the field labeled "Variable value", search through and remove any
java options specifying memory settings (-Xmx or -Xms). There may only
be "-Xmx253M", in which case just empty all the text in the field.
Press "OK" in the edit, then press "OK" in the variables window, then press "OK" in the system properties window.
by c0yote
I tried it with terrible results. I gave my wife my glasses for a second, a creeper showed up and now my wife is pregnant.
Stupid 3D..
Ok thank you so much!
I learned that it was Java disallowing it from allocating enough memory to minecraft. Thanks for the help rodabon!