960m

[RAM555789]

So I have been having trouble running Minecraft on my laptop. My laptop has the i7-2600HQ, 960m, and 8gb of RAM. I am currently only getting around 20fps and I know that my system should be able to put out more than that. Its the same fps wether I use or don't use mods, optifine, and I have tried diffrent versions of java, minecraft, and have tried tweaking RAM values. I have heard that the 960m can be a problem with Minecraft. Has anyone else heard this or knows a fix for this?

[Lord Nicoll]

Just now, RAM555789 said:

So I have been having trouble running Minecraft on my laptop. My laptop has the i7-2600HQ, 960m, and 8gb of RAM. I am currently only getting around 20fps and I know that my system should be able to put out more than that. Its the same fps wether I use or don't use mods, optifine, and I have tried diffrent versions of java, minecraft, and have tried tweaking RAM values. I have heard that the 960m can be a problem with Minecraft. Has anyone else heard this or knows a fix for this?

it's probably the CPU, check to make sure it's not overheating or anything, then consider the GPU to make sure it's not overheating, but Minecraft is pretty damning on CPU's, also make sure the memory is not at 100% usage, by default Minecraft can only use 1GB even though sometimes it can be beneficial to have more 

[ItsTheYoshi]

In Minecraft hit f3 and see what GPU it says you are using in the top right-hand corner. It most likely is using the intel graphics. This happened to me with my laptop.

[EPPHO]

In nvidia control panel choose your 960 over iGPU

[ItsTheYoshi]

The fix: right click desktop, click nvidia control panel, Under manager 3d graphics, find Minecraft or add it if it is not there. Then make sure it using High-performance Nvidia Processor not Integrated Graphics

[RAM555789]

20 hours ago, ItsTheYoshi said:

The fix: right click desktop, click nvidia control panel, Under manager 3d graphics, find Minecraft or add it if it is not there. Then make sure it using High-performance Nvidia Processor not Integrated Graphics

It boosted me up to 30-40fps, but I thought it would be more tbh since its just Minecraft.

[ItsTheYoshi]

1 hour ago, RAM555789 said:

It boosted me up to 30-40fps, but I thought it would be more tbh since its just Minecraft.

Minecraft relies heavily on your CPU not your GPU. Your CPU is getting quite old at this point. Not sure if the CPU you specified is actually a CPU as I can't find it anywhere, but if it is a 2 gen i7 you are talking a 2011 CPU.

 

On my laptop with a 6700hq and 960m I get about 100-250FPS in singleplayer and usually somewhere above 60 on a server.

[RAM555789]

Just now, ItsTheYoshi said:

Minecraft relies heavily on your CPU not your GPU. Your CPU is getting quite old at this point. Not sure if the CPU you specified is actually a CPU as I can't find it anywhere, but if it is a 2 gen i7 you are talking a 2011 CPU.

 

On my laptop with a 6700hq and 960m I get about 100-250FPS in singleplayer and usually somewhere above 60 on a server.

I belive this is what it is http://ark.intel.com/products/52213/Intel-Core-i7-2600-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

[ItsTheYoshi]

Just now, RAM555789 said:

I belive this is what it is http://ark.intel.com/products/52213/Intel-Core-i7-2600-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

That is a desktop chip

[RAM555789]

What I dont understand is how I can play Arma 3, a very heavy CPU and GPU intensive game at slightly lower fps

[RAM555789]

Just now, ItsTheYoshi said:

That is a desktop chip

Yeah I realized that after I posted

[ItsTheYoshi]

1 minute ago, RAM555789 said:

Yeah I realized that after I posted

Check your CPU in your "Computer" properties. Or under System

[RAM555789]

3 minutes ago, ItsTheYoshi said:

Check your CPU in your "Computer" properties. Or under System

I know, I don't have my laptop right now though. I may acutally have a 6700HQ though because I did pay about $1000 for the dell and it was touchscreen

[ItsTheYoshi]

Just now, RAM555789 said:

I know, I don't have my laptop right now though. I may acutally have a 6700HQ though because I did pay about $1000 for the dell and it was touchscreen

That would make more sense. Just one last thing. When playing Minecraft make sure you don't have your settings too high, keep your settings fancy or fast and 8-12 view distance and you should get decent performance.

[RAM555789]

4 minutes ago, ItsTheYoshi said:

That would make more sense. Just one last thing. When playing Minecraft make sure you don't have your settings too high, keep your settings fancy or fast and 8-12 view distance and you should get decent performance.

Yeah thats what I have it set too, I also have turned on things like fast math with optifine. I'm going to see if I can play vanillia servers with the FastCraft mod and see if I get any kind of fps boost.

[ItsTheYoshi]

Just now, RAM555789 said:

Yeah thats what I have it set too, I also have turned on things like fast math with optifine. I'm going to see if I can play vanillia servers with the FastCraft mod and see if I get any kind of fps boost.

 

Well good luck.

[RAM555789]

With the whole desktop processor thing, I took a PT test today (im in the military getting AIT training) and I typed this while learning about the application layer in ccna. Kinda hard to concentrate on all this at once.