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.

As for Operating Systems, using the Latest MAC Operating System, or Anything above Windows XP should work. Windows 8 included (Windows 98, 95 MS-DOS, Windows 1-3.1, will NOT WORK, and if they do, then something's off). Minecraft has problems with Ubuntu, but provided the latest Drivers, you should be fine.


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

Full game
1 Any CPU with MMX/SSE instructions 2 Any GPU with OpenGL 1.3 support 3 Non-MX Variants 4 Such as DSL, cable or optic fiber 5 Excluding integrated chipsets 6 Excluding integrated chipsets and APUs
 * 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 965 Chipsets have issues with OpenGL.

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!

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