It’s not uncommon for low FPS in Minecraft. This can be a big problem that greatly affects your gaming experience. Read this article to know the cause and how to fix it.
Despite possessing quite regular blocky pixel graphics, many people experience lag while playing. The cause could be:
Graphics settings too high
To reduce the graphics quality, go to the main menu, go to Options and select Video Settings. From here, you can tweak to make the game run smoother. In turn, this will reduce the graphics quality of the game. This setting is also only available for the PC version.
The settings can be:
- Graphics: Fast
- Render Distance: 10 Chunks
- Smooth Lighting: Off
- Max Framerate: 30 to 60 FPS (depending on lag)
- 3D Anaglyph: Off
- View Bobbing: Off
- GUI Scale: Normal
- Brightness: Bright
- Clouds: Off
- Particles: Minimal
- Use VSync: Off
Then restart the game and come back to see if the game makes any difference. Alternatively, you can visit the Nvidia or AMD site (based on the graphics card used) and follow the prompts to update the drivers to the latest version.
Too many entities
When too many items or mobs appear in one place, you can also lag. For example, a badly designed automated farm can certainly cause this problem.
The simple solution to this problem is just to remove all mobs or entities in the area or move away from them.
Bad connection
This is a common problem in online games. The higher the ping, the more laggy the game, it’s not the PC or the game. The server is often the cause of connection problems, and contacting the administrator of the server can resolve this. Otherwise, you just need to choose other, more stable servers to play.
Also, players should check their own connections. For the best possible connection, players should also try connecting the computer using an Ethernet cable instead of via Wi-Fi.
Too many apps running in the background
You should check the “startup” tab in the task manager and disable unnecessary programs that start automatically at PC startup. In addition, you need to check which applications are consuming the most CPU and turn them off manually.
Mods
The effect of mods on game performance varies from case to case, with graphics mods like the high-end Minecraft shaders being the heaviest. If players want better textures and effects in Minecraft, they have to sacrifice performance. Due to the huge size of the game world, even the smallest change can cause lag in Minecraft.
Moreover, the mods also stack on top of each other. Two small mods can still put a significant burden on the system. To get around this, simply activate and deactivate mods to see which ones have the greatest impact and tweak or remove them.
High render distance
Render distance is one of the often overlooked options in Minecraft, severely affecting game performance. It is the number of blocks the player’s game loads at any given time. In Minecraft, the number of objects can be very large. The higher the render distance, the lower your frame rate.
Players should adjust the render distance until the PC achieves a stable frame rate. For low-end computers, it is best to set the display distance between 6 and 10 blocks.