I have an alienware 17 with 8 gb ram and an I5 6300hq and NVidia 965m but Minecraft is lagging like crazy from pretty much startup on fast graphics with 10 chunk render distance. Any ideas? happens on all versions I have tested so far.
Make sure Minecraft and Java are set to use your computers Nvidia hardware. The following link has instructions on how to set specific programs to use that hardware, and how to add programs to the list it sees(Which you may need to do for both MC and Java.
I have an alienware 17 with 8 gb ram and an I5 6300hq and NVidia 965m but Minecraft is lagging like crazy from pretty much startup on fast graphics with 10 chunk render distance. Any ideas? happens on all versions I have tested so far.
Make sure Minecraft and Java are set to use your computers Nvidia hardware. The following link has instructions on how to set specific programs to use that hardware, and how to add programs to the list it sees(Which you may need to do for both MC and Java.
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2615/~/how-do-i-customize-optimus-profiles-and-settings?