Talk:Java Edition hardware requirements

2.x GHz?!
Please verify if the CPU requirements should really be at 2.x GHz. I have a laptop which has 1.7 GHz CPU and Minecraft runs smoothly in that device. DentedHarp90041tc 08:23, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, this is correct. I wrote the official requirements and I can tell you from experience that computers below the minimum requirements are much more likely to not be able to run Minecraft. However this doesn't stop you from running MInecraft so if your computer works, good for you. Tyteen4a03 (talk) 08:49, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Memory
The minimum and optimal memory on this page is complete bs. Minecraft runs faster with less memory if you are doing simple tasks such as vanilla with a vanilla texture pack. The optimal memory for that is about 256MB, not 2GB. Minimum is closer to 128MB. This is referring to memory the game is launched with however; the system needs around 1 GB spare to be safe, so minimum should be 1 GB and optimal 1.5 GB. Quote from sp614x (creator of Optifine): "Launch Minecraft with less memory (yes, really). Usually it does not need more than 350 MB and runs fine on all settings with the default texture pack. By default java allocates way too much memory (1GB) which may get swapped to disk and the overall performance may suffer a lot." Source: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/1272953-optifine-hd-a4-fps-boost-hd-textures-aa-af-and

update requirements to meet current minecraft
the majority of the information here is out of date for 1.7, and will be even more so when OpenGL 2.1 becomes a requirement. is there any plans to overhaul this? if not i could update but feedback/help would be welcome --Adam 27 (talk) 22:40, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

the new table based off of the current release and the official mojang requirements page--Adam 27 (talk) 22:54, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

this is still a work in progress. text in bold is stuff im unsure about 1 excluding Intel atom based computers. 2 multiplayer clients use less RAM than singleplayer --Adam 27 (talk) 00:51, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 update 45 or later 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!
 * OpenGL 2.1 is not a requirement for 1.7, and it won't be for 1.8 either so we've got a ways to go until 1.9. Right now, OpenGL 1.3 is required, though the game will now use extra GL calls if the card supports it. ExtremeHeat11 (talk) 19:51, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
 * thanks, however the table itself is still out of date --Adam 27 (talk) 19:53, 19 March 2014 (UTC)