Minecraft Running Slow on High End PC / Laptop? Here’s What to Do

While Minecraft doesn’t accompany sky-high PC requirements, there may be frame rate drops and a lack of smoothness, even when you’re playing on a high-end device.

Why does that happen and what can we do about it? That’s exactly what we’ll look at today and I’ll help you figure out what to do if Minecraft is running slow on your high-end PC/laptop.

I’ll talk about the several steps that you can take to improve the gameplay experience and smoothly breed your tropical fish or dig with your diamond pickaxe.

Depending on the state and condition of your computer, there can be a number of reasons why the Minecraft gameplay experience is subpar, even if you have a solid setup.

It can be due to specific drivers on your computer not being updated regularly, RAM allotment, in-game settings, and more.

You have probably downloaded various types of Minecraft versions, shaders, and mods, which can also affect the gameplay. So here are the steps you should try to fix the problems you’re facing:

Update Graphics Drivers

Several drivers in your computer, especially the graphics drivers, almost always have an update pending. That’s because your graphics company is constantly working on the device and release newer versions regularly.

While it’s not a must to update drivers on a weekly basis, you should make sure that your graphics drivers are updated every 2-3 months or so.

Sometimes, if the drivers are outdated for a long time, they start to malfunction and your graphics card doesn’t function properly, resulting in poor FPS.

You can use the software DriverEasy to keep track of your drivers’ update status and update automatically.

Additionally, you can visit the website of your graphics company, such as Nvidia or AMD Radeon, and download the drivers by yourself.

RAM Allocation

If the RAM allocated for Minecraft isn’t adequate, your game will get sluggish. If your RAM is 4GB or above, this shouldn’t happen. But, in case it does, you can always allocate more RAM to the game.

From any version of the Minecraft launcher, navigate to the release version of the game that you’re playing.

Click on “Edit” and then on “More Options” to find the “JVM Arguments” feature.

You can find a part of the text is “Xmx#G”. The “#” in this code represents the amount of RAM you want to allocate to the game.

You should change the “#” to the amount of RAM you want to allocate to the game.

Whatever your RAM is, make sure you don’t allocate more than 75% of it to the game. So, if it’s 4 GB, you shouldn’t allocate more than 3 GB. However, I recommend upgrading your RAM to at least 8 GB for Minecraft to run smoothly.

Internal Graphics Settings

If you don’t see any positive change in the game yet, you probably need to make changes in the graphics settings of the game itself.

Enter the graphics settings of the game and make the following changes to better the gameplay:

• Resolution: 1280X720
• Biome Blend: OFF (Fastest)
• Graphics: Fast
• Use VSYNC: OFF
• GUI Scale: 5
• Render Distance: 6 chunks

These changes should significantly smoothen Minecraft graphics. Basically, the idea is to tune down the graphics in order to improve performance.

Fullscreen Optimization

Similar to how it helped improve the Genshin Impact FPS drops, disabling Fullscreen Optimization will do the same for Minecraft.

Right-click on your Minecraft launcher and select “Properties”.

On the “Properties” window, move to the “Compatibility” section and open “Change Settings for all Users”.

Tick the “Disable Fullscreen Optimzation” option hit apply to save the changes.

Priority Settings

Instructing your task manager to put more focus on the Minecraft game can help improve the situation.

With the game running in the background, open your task manager by typing “Task Manager” on the Start menu. Right-click on the Minecraft application and select “Go to Details”.

You should be automatically selecting the “javaw.exe” file. Set the priority of the game to “High”.

Close the game and launch it again to notice the changes.

The Optifine Mod

Moving on to our last resort, you can download the Optifine mod for Minecraft.

Optifine is a better-coded, smoother-running Minecraft mod that will most definitely provide higher FPS and swifter gameplay.

Furthermore, downloading and installing the mod isn’t difficult at all. Just head over to the official website of the mod and follow the instructions there.

The simple solutions above should solve the problems and run Minecraft properly on your high end PC/Laptop; nevertheless, the devs should really look into making the game more optimized, because Minecraft isn’t going anywhere soon!

Whether you’re collecting food items or just building a sky base, Minecraft has always given a relaxing and enjoyable experience to gamers all around the world – and it will remain so now that you know how to fix the performance issues of the game.

If you still have questions – or additional solutions to the problem in this article, don’t hesitate to comment down below!