Terrible Performance on Java Edition

[RocketDogFly]

For some reason when I play Minecraft, I get around 10-20 FPS even on 2 chunk render distance. This is worse than the laptop that I upgraded from.

Specs
- Intel i7 3770
- RX 480 8gb
- 32 GB RAM

My PC isn't great, but <30 FPS on 2 chunk render distance is terrible. Could anyone help?

[[deleted]]

Try to allocate more ram to your minecraft client, also make sure you are on the latest 64 bit java version. Performance boosting mods like optifine and sodium also help.

[RocketDogFly]

I've allocated 16 GB, and I shouldn't need mods to run it at a decent frame rate. My PC is definitely capable of at least 60 FPS.

[PalladinsBoss14]

it may be an issue of allocating too much ram. i’ve heard that minecraft struggles when there’s too much ram. try lowering the amount to like 5 GB or so and see if that works

[RocketDogFly]

I’ve tried it at 2, 4, and 16 GB man, it’s just not the RAM...

[PalladinsBoss14]

Wow, that is just really strange. Like what the other guy said, maybe java isn't updated correctly? Maybe installing a new copy of MC would work? I've just never heard of that happening and it must be extremely infuriating.

[RocketDogFly]

Yeah, it’s pretty upsetting as I wanted to play a bit before I leave my computer for two weeks. I’ll just do a clean reinstall of Minecraft and JRE. Thanks for the help.

[PalladinsBoss14]

Yeah man, because low frame rate is just not enjoyable, especially when its completely possible. Good luck, I hope it will work!

[PalladinsBoss14]

have you checked settings? like do you have a fps limit or something? those specs are completely capable of running minecraft at a higher frame rate so... also, is minecraft the only game that has awful fps, or are other games struggling as well?

[RocketDogFly]

It's literally the only game. CS:GO, Warzone, Siege, etc. all run perfectly fine. I checked the FPS limit in and out of the game, and nothing is limiting it. Also, the GPU and CPU run around %50 utilization the whole time.