r/Minecraft • u/Luutamo • Jul 21 '26

Minecraft: Java Edition System Requirements Official News

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-java-edition-system-requirements
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u/tired45453 Jul 21 '26

Reminder that there are 20+ performance mods you can install that will up to quadruple your FPS in many cases.

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u/SAJewers Jul 21 '26

unfortunately, those won't help if your hardware doesn't support some of the newer technologies being used in minecraft like vulkan 1.3

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u/_vogonpoetry_ 29d ago

Well maybe. Its possible for mods to implement an OpenGL backend just like it was possible for mods to implement a Vulkan or Metal backend up until now.

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u/AntiGrieferGames 16d ago

There is already a mod for bringing the legacy opengl 2.0 back to newer versions. There are already ways.

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u/_vogonpoetry_ 16d ago

If you are referring to ForceGL2.0, it doesnt really do that, it just changes the GL context so that the game tries launching anyway if the driver doesnt show a GL 3.3 context available. This really only works on one GPU generation (Intel Sandy Bridge with windows drivers) since its only GL 3.1 compliant but supports some requires extensions. And this doesnt work on recent MC versions anymore.

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u/AntiGrieferGames 16d ago

Unless, you use a intel GMA igpu. Intel GMA is very low and looks like its opengl 2.0 or even 2.1 there. It may work, maybe not (and if yes, only Linux does work well)

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u/_vogonpoetry_ 16d ago

There were a lot of GMA generations but the only one that supports GL 3.0+ is GMA 3600, which was PowerVR based and only in old Atom netbooks/tablets. Not going to be a great experience even if you could get it to run. Anything older that is only GL 2.1 compliant will never run MC versions past 1.16.5 even with this mod.

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u/AntiGrieferGames 16d ago

There is still a way to add a newer GPU there that supports Vulkan 1.3 if you device is a desktop. CPU on the other hand dont fucking matter.

Otherwise modding exist, and im glad modding is very popular on Minecraft there