I think the AMD cards can be great in general, but you'll see some bugs here. If you are intending to use shaders and whatnot, then make sure you get something NVIDIA rather than AMD. *Note: As an AMD owner (r9 390) I have found that NVIDIA is far more compatible with OpenGL-based applications like Minecraft is. Quad core will generally get you the best balance for the price.
With optifine, you can get it to utilize a second core for chunk updates and it makes a difference, but it's hardly a consideration when making a purchase because nearly everything out there is at least quad core these days. The game can look amazing with 32x32 textures and the lagless internal shaders.
The graphics card doesn't really come into play too much until you start using high-res textures and shaders, so save that kind of thing for a desktop. The FASTEST, CHEAPEST gaming PC build PERFECT for maxing out Minecraft at 200FPS+ And 300FPS+ with optifine This build is also capable of light modding Gr. The good news is, just about any up to date PC that comes with 8 GB of RAM will probably be enough to play any mod just fine. I will echo that it's a lot cheaper to build your own desktop (my decent little beast cost me $1400 in parts, but it'd be a $3500+ laptop easily) but there are sometimes reasons why someone would prefer the portability. Not intel integrated graphics (ie any dedicated graphics card*) For the CPU, definitely prioritize direct speed over number of cores and other fancy features.įor the RAM, absolutely no less than 8 GB
