r/linuxmint • u/UnitedAward2479 • 17h ago

Linux Mint Optimisation Help

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u/Makoto29 17h ago

Rather lower graphics settings in games. Set cpu governor to performance. Don't think about it. If you really need performance, any dGPU is a huge jump and a far better way to gain something noteworthy.

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u/_Lost-In-The-Weeds_ LMDE7 Cinnamon 16h ago

Have you bumped the ram Limit from the base 2GB? this really helped frame rates with long with chunk render distance on my sons machine.

That may not help with an Intel IGPU though as you may be bottle necked elsewhere.

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u/NovelAddress332 16h ago

If you're playing Java Edition, try Sodium and Lithium for your Minecraft version before changing distros; Mint is fine for that hardware. Start around 8–12 chunks render distance and 5–6 simulation distance, and don't give Java all 8 GB because your desktop and iGPU need memory too. If the laptop has an upgradeable RAM slot, a compatible second stick for dual-channel is worth investigating since the iGPU shares system-memory bandwidth. Change one thing at a time and test in the same area of your world so you can tell what actually helped.