Starting Minecraft with more RAM

Macemore

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Aug 26, 2011
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Minecraft tends to Freeze, or get really laggy, and people usually blame that on the server! But it's not usually because of the server, but because Minecraft doesn't have enough RAM for it to process. Here I will show you how to Start Minecraft with more ram!

Step one:
Download Minecraft Launcher from here:

Step two:
Start the Minecraft Launcher you downloaded, select the amount of RAM you want it to use (usually use about 1/2GB (512MB) less than your computer's max) and click "Browse" and find and select your Minecraft.exe (or Minecraft.jar)

Step three:
Click "Launch" and login and play!


This may or may not help you depending on the amount of RAM you allocate to Minecraft, try using Optifine to boost your FPS ( )

Enjoy!

EDIT:
Virus check:
 

TesoMayn

Boredom, it vexes me.
Oct 30, 2011
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I trust Mace.

And to ensure everyone else, here is a virus scan:

Virus Total:
Code:
SHA256:    2c6580c36d483e2742bb8722896d79620ff00245c9f57f316ac8dd06f3386928
SHA1:    94a93f771ebbade2ea8b3fd666b1251f6062366a
MD5:    4d921e650a1bd37c6f6e4827590e6ee8
File size:    271.0 KB ( 277504 bytes )
File name:    Minecraft launcher.exe
File type:    Win32 EXE
Detection ratio:    0 / 42

Avast:
q8ZicJ840XOz.png


MalwareBytes:
Code:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (PRO) 1.62.0.1300
www.malwarebytes.org
 
Database version: v2012.07.30.01
 
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 x86 NTFS
Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421
iTes0 :: ITES0-PC [administrator]
 
Protection: Enabled
 
7/30/2012 5:22:02 PM
mbam-log-2012-07-30 (17-22-02).txt
 
Scan type: Custom scan (C:\Users\iTes0\Desktop\Minecraft launcher.exe|)
Scan options enabled: File System | Heuristics/Shuriken | PUP | PUM
Scan options disabled: Memory | Startup | Registry | Heuristics/Extra | P2P
Objects scanned: 1
Time elapsed: 18 second(s)
 
Memory Processes Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Memory Modules Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Registry Keys Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Registry Values Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Registry Data Items Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Folders Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Files Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
(end)
 

Macemore

Circumcised pineapples
Aug 26, 2011
1,681
819
I trust Mace.

And to ensure everyone else, here is a virus scan:

Virus Total:
Code:
SHA256:    2c6580c36d483e2742bb8722896d79620ff00245c9f57f316ac8dd06f3386928
SHA1:    94a93f771ebbade2ea8b3fd666b1251f6062366a
MD5:    4d921e650a1bd37c6f6e4827590e6ee8
File size:    271.0 KB ( 277504 bytes )
File name:    Minecraft launcher.exe
File type:    Win32 EXE
Detection ratio:    0 / 42

Avast:
q8ZicJ840XOz.png


MalwareBytes:
Code:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (PRO) 1.62.0.1300
www.malwarebytes.org
 
Database version: v2012.07.30.01
 
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 x86 NTFS
Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421
iTes0 :: ITES0-PC [administrator]
 
Protection: Enabled
 
7/30/2012 5:22:02 PM
mbam-log-2012-07-30 (17-22-02).txt
 
Scan type: Custom scan (C:\Users\iTes0\Desktop\Minecraft launcher.exe|)
Scan options enabled: File System | Heuristics/Shuriken | PUP | PUM
Scan options disabled: Memory | Startup | Registry | Heuristics/Extra | P2P
Objects scanned: 1
Time elapsed: 18 second(s)
 
Memory Processes Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Memory Modules Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Registry Keys Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Registry Values Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Registry Data Items Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Folders Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
Files Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
 
(end)
Thanks, I also edited a post with a virus total link.
 

TesoMayn

Boredom, it vexes me.
Oct 30, 2011
1,482
1,482
You're welcome :p

I always do more than one scan, just to be safe, even though I know you wouldn't post something you don't use, especially a virus.
 

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