How to Make Minecraft Smoother

Close all unnecessary programs. Programs running in the background can greatly affect the performance of Minecraft. Torrenting programs, iTunes, some anti-virus programs like Norton and McAfee, Chrome and others all eat up valuable resources. ^[1]

• Press Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Esc to open Task Manager in Windows. You can safely close anything running in the Apps or Applications section by selecting it and clicking “End task”. Make sure you save any open documents or files before closing the program.
• Press ⌘ Cmd + ⌥ Opt + Esc on your Mac to force close the window. Select a program in the list and click the “Force Quit” button to close it. Make sure you save any open documents or files first.

Plug the laptop into a power source (if you’re using a laptop). Many laptops (laptops) will throttle the CPU (central processing unit) and GPU (graphics processing unit) if the laptop is running low on battery. For better performance, make sure your laptop is plugged in.

Update Minecraft Launcher to the latest version. New versions of Minecraft usually come with the necessary Java files already, so you don’t need a standalone version. This way has the outstanding advantage of installing the correct version of Java for your system architecture.

• When you launch it, Minecraft Launcher will automatically check for updates.

Install the latest driver for the graphics card (on Windows). Drivers are hardware drivers, and the latest drivers for graphics cards can help improve performance during gameplay. Here are the basic driver update steps, or you can read the article Find and update drivers for detailed instructions.

• Open the Start menu or screen, type devmgmt.msc and press ↵ Enter . This is the step to open Device Manager.
• Scroll down to the Display Adapters section to see the graphics card. If you see two graphics cards listed here, pay attention to the non-Intel card.
• Record the sample of the graphics card. There are three main manufacturers namely NVIDIA, AMD and Intel. The model will be listed after the manufacturer’s name.
• Go to the manufacturer’s website and look for the card’s model. Download the latest available version of the driver.
• Run the installer to update the driver. Your screen may flicker or go black during the installation process.

Install OptiFine mod. OptiFine will change the files of the Minecraft game and optimize the code to increase performance. Many users commented that the performance increased significantly right after installing this mod without any further tweaking. The mod is available for both Windows and Mac.

• Go to optifine.net/downloads with your web browser.
• Click the “Download” link to download the most recently released OptiFine HD Ultra. After the advertisement, click the link to download the OptiFine JAR file. You will probably need to click accept download when asked by the browser.
• Double-click the downloaded JAR file and click “Install” in the window that appears. This is the step to install OptiFine to your Minecraft folder.
• Run Minecraft Launcher and select “OptiFine” in the “Profile” menu before entering the game. This is the step to download the OptiFine mod.
• Try playing the game’s mod with default settings. Users can immediately notice the improved performance. You can further customize it in the Options → Video Settings menu. In this there are more options than you normally see.

Consider upgrading your computer. In addition to the customizations listed above, you may need to upgrade your computer to further increase performance. Minecraft is pretty heavy on both CPU and GPU, so these two will probably need to be upgraded to realize a significant change. Installing more RAM (random access memory) usually won’t make much of a difference, unless Minecraft is using 100% of the RAM.

• You’ll be hard-pressed to find a way to upgrade a laptop other than adding a little more RAM. Read Install RAM for detailed instructions on how to replace and upgrade your laptop’s memory. In addition to adding more memory, you should consider buying faster memory so that less time it takes memory. You should also consider buying dual-channel memory with two slots, instead of the usual one with only one slot. Also, keep in mind that Windows 10 (any version) can use about 4 GB of RAM for basic tasks only.
• If you’re going to buy a new CPU, you’ll probably need a new motherboard as well. Read the article Installing a new processor for detailed instructions.
• Installing a graphics card is one of the easiest upgrades, as long as you make sure there’s enough room in the computer case for it. Read the article Installing a graphics card for detailed instructions.

Changed some basic graphics settings in Minecraft PE. Minecraft PE has a few graphics options that you can change right in the game to increase performance: ^[2]

• Go to Minecraft PE and tap “Options”.
• Tap the “Graphics” button at the bottom of the left menu.
• Lower “Render Distance” to change how far you can see. This is a significant performance boost.
• Turn off “Fancy Graphics” and “Beautiful Skies” to see how much the performance boost is.

Free up storage space on your device. Usually, the game will start to run like a turtle when the smartphone or tablet runs out of storage space. You can get a little performance boost if you free up space on your phone by deleting old photos, many downloaded things, uninstalling apps, and deleting other files.

• You can learn for yourself how to find and delete things that are hogging storage space on your Android device.
• If you’re using an iPhone, learn how to clean it yourself.