Can i run minecraft smoothly on my computer?

no, minecraft is heavily detailed. Have you seen the screenshots?darkfox101

Yeah, the graphics in the game are some of the most detailed I have ever seen... if you look at it from a mile away. :P

But seriously, your computer shouldn't have any problems running minecraft TC.

Don't underestimate minecraft guys, it lags on full settings on my i7 sometimes. I'm not even kidding. But you'll be good, if my ULV i5 can play it, so can you.

Taken from the forums:

Recommended Requirements: (game should be running at least 60 fps, or 30 fps when it is loading chunks)
CPU: 2.0+ GHz multi-core processor, 2.5+ GHz single-core processor
RAM/Memory: 2.0+ GB for Xp, 3.0+ GB for Vista/Win 7/Mac OS, 4.0+ GB for all 64-bit Operating Systems
Graphic Card: ATI/Nvidia independent card that support OpenGL 2.0 with 128+ MB of dedicated G-RAM
Hard Drive Space: 256+ MB of free space

Don't underestimate minecraft guys, it lags on full settings on my i7 sometimes. I'm not even kidding. But you'll be good, if my ULV i5 can play it, so can you.

scoots9

Yeah, while it isn't a graphical beast or anything, it can still lag quite a bit when loading/generating new areas since it's not heavily optimized. It should be getting better with a new save file format and more performance tweaks coming up.

That being said, it's fairly easy to run on most computers and you can turn down the view distance which can make it run fairly well most of the time on pretty much anything.

Everyone makes jokes because its not got the best graphics, but it can be quite demanding. try the free version, but ill say it'd run fine

Yeah, javascript isn't the most optimized code.

It tends to run like crap on integrated GPU's despite the 16x16 textures and overall simplistic graphics. Unless you have a proper dedicated video card (2007 onwards) use "fast" graphics instead of "fancy" and maybe turn off smooth lighting.

I also recommend a healthy amount of RAM... 2GB should be enough.

nice thread necro, scrubs

Get the mod Optifine it increases FPS and also allows 64x64 texture packs as well as conected textures.

will a IBM Thinkpad T42 Laptop be able to run minecraftjesseswag

it`s cooking my 690..............lol u will do fine........

what video/graphics card do you have?regionking101

[QUOTE="jesseswag"]will a IBM Thinkpad T42 Laptop be able to run minecraftDanielDust

:lol:

No, minecraft is programmed in java, therefore its a crappy piece of engineering work, therefore it may run but it will probably run like crap.