probably best for the help/support section.

 

Typically minecraft is not overly-processor relient. It can be run smoothly with a cheap dual-core so long as it has a decent GPU. The graphics card is the element that has the most significant effect on fps.

Typically if you're a huge fps junkie I would recommend playing on a desktop, as it's easier to enhance their hardware (currently upgrading my own) rather than a laptop, where you might only be able to add more ram/hard drive space.

 

Moved to -> Help/Support

 

You have a 3GB card and only get 100fps? Is your render distance capped?? Do you use optifine???

also: gpu=graphics processing unit. it's the unit that measures how fast/efficient a graphics card is.

 

To be honest, the game isn't affected by anything above 60fps. You shouldn't worry about it if it stays around/above 60.

 

I wouldn't complaint about farming at 30fps. Also to improve efficiency, keep less tabs/programs open.

And if you really think that 100 fps is bad, turn render distance down, graphics to fast, max fps up. Mipmap levels to 0

 

Again, cpu isn't that much of a factor when it comes to fps. What I would recommend doing is installing optifine and turning render distance down.

 

One thing I forgot, your laptop screen probably has a 60mHz refresh rate so anything about 60 fps will cause screen tearing.

 

Maybe I'm wrong, but aren't GT GCards less powerful than GTX ones?

 

You are Correct GT Cards are the older series and not many manufacturers but them into their computers because a Intel HD card is almost as powerful.

Also if you are having issues not just with Frames Per Second, but you are also having issues with latency while you are mining, farming, etc... in the default launcher for minecraft there is now a way to allow your game to use more RAM. Since you said that you have only 8GB of RAM I would only use about 2-4 GB anything more and your computer will slow down. One last thing to think about is that if your computer is more then 2 years old and you have not cleaned it out I would take a can of air to it to blow it out.

 

Only 8GB RAM? I lived with 4GB RAM on my desktop PC for 7 years and still live with 2GB on my laptop. :D
(Got 16GB on my desktop PC now :happy:)

 

The Problem is that newer computers take more RAM in order to operate correctly, for instance a computer from 7 years ago only took about 256-512 MB of RAM, where as now most computers take 2-4GB of RAM to operate correctly.

 

Normal RAM usage while idle is the same on my new PC as on my old one. :D

 

What OS are you Running?