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How do you Allocate more RAM To Minecraft



How to Allocate More RAM to Minecraft

You have some RAM to spare, but Minecraft doesn't make use of it? In this tutorial, you will discover a simple method to allocate more RAM to Minecraft.



If you are an avid Minecraft player, you may have noticed that you use very little RAM. However, if you install mods to improve the game's performance or enhance the gameplay, such as the addition of new objects, mobs, or world generators, it could cause the game to stop instantly. This is because the game is running on more RAM than you have.



Minecraft is developed in Java, so you must have both the standard 32-bit and 64-bit version installed in Java so that you can increase the RAM available to the game.



Increasing the RAM available for Minecraft is easy however, you should be aware of the RAM of your device as you shouldn't give up more than 50% of the memory on your device. You should not give up more than 2GB to a computer that has 4GB RAM.



Are you looking to increase the amount of RAM available for Shaders? irc101 Read this comprehensive article on How to install Shaders in Minecraft.





How to allocate more RAM to Minecraft

On this guide I will show you how to increase the RAM utilized by Minecraft step-by-step with the latest Minecraft launcher version.



If you have some old Minecraft launcher version, or other launchers in addition to the official, you can follow the same process however, you'll need to find the arguments options by yourself.



Let's get going without delay.





Step 1: Verify Available Memory

This is the first step. If you know the amount of memory your computer has, then you can move to the next step.



Open the File Explorer, right-click on This Computer and then in the menu click Properties






A new window will open and you'll be required to navigate to the section Systems. In the line Installed Memory (RAM) you will be able to see how much memory is available on your computer.



Now, one thing you should take into account is that you shouldn't use too much memory in Minecraft.






One option that is recommended is using the entire memory. In this case I will be using 2GB of my 4GB Ram.





Step 2: Allocate more memory

On these steps, I'll guide you on how to increase the ram on Minecraft using the official launcher.



1. Start the Minecraft Launcher and login into your account


2. Now you need to navigate to the

Installations

Tab


3. Click the link to view the most recent release schedule

Three dots button

to open the menu, there click to open the menu, then click

Edit



4. You'll need to click on the bottom of the Edit Installation window.

More Options



5. Find the cursor in this section.

JVM ARGUMENTS



6. You will need to change argument -Xmx2G according to the amount of memory you want to allocate. If you're going to use 8GB of memory, you must change it like this:"-Xmx8G"


7. Click to open

Save

button to apply the changes, and now you can click the Play button to launch Minecraft


8. Once you are in the game, verify that you have allocated the memory by pressing F3.




Conclusions

Minecraft is a fun game that comes with several mods that you can download in it. However, when you do this, you may face some RAM issues because by default, the game only allotted 2GB of RAM.



Thanks to this tutorial, you'll be able add more RAM to this game and continue to play Minecraft without issues.



If you require assistance with Minecraft issues, look these other articles:



How to Fix Unable to Update The Minecraft Native Launcher


Fix io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectException on Minecraft




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