Java Edition hardware requirements

Any computer with the following hardware should suffice. However, for an enjoyable experience, we suggest looking at the recommended requirements, or even at the optimal requirements.

It is also worth noting, that due to the number of modifications available, Minecraft's exact hardware requirements can be unpredictable. If you have a lot of mods running, pinging each other and passing information around, then your needs are going to be higher than for the unmodified game; although even the vanilla Hopper, with its' extremely makeshift pipe network, recently added some inefficiency. The below guidelines should therefore be considered for the base, unmodified game; although with that said, even with mods, the game itself should never require more than four gigabytes of RAM.


 * Chromebooks running Chrome OS are not supported. However, a rooted Chromebook running a Linux variant will work.

Full game
1 Any processor supporting MMX/SSE instructions. 2 Any graphics card supporting OpenGL 1.3 API. 3 Non-MX variants only. 4 Such as DSL, cable or optical fiber. 5 Excluding integrated chipsets. 6 Excluding integrated chipsets and APUs (although they will most definitely still work). 7 Minecraft does benefit from multi-core processors. 8 Most high-end GPUs don't accelerate Minecraft too much unless using shaders or high-quality resource packs. 9 Balancing the CPU, RAM, GPU, and your HDD/SSD helps a lot.
 * Java Runtime Environment 6 (jre6u29) or up is required to be able to run the game.
 * Note that these requirements are for the game only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
 * Intel's GL960/GM965 Express chipset drivers do not support OpenGL 2.1 under Windows operating systems, but do under Linux (as of 1.8.8). This means that versions of Minecraft newer than 1.7.2 cannot be played by these chipsets with a Windows operating system.

Classic

 * Java Runtime Environment is required to be able to run the game.
 * Note that these requirements are for the game only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!

= References =

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