Now on 1.19 it runs natively on oficial client, but last time I played there was no optfine mod available yet and forge (required to run it) didn't run at all, but if everything works, expect it to run at 60-75FPS in general or being optmistic maybe it can go all the way to 80-90.Īlso You need to check which types of mods are running, are they for props, mobs, and itens? those generally don't impact FPS too much, but shadders will sink the FPS even on decent windows machine since it uses a lot of GPU power, the Mac Mini M1 has the equivalent power of a GTX1050, which is more powerfull than a 2011 iMac but basically a entry level graphics card, and since it shares video memory with ram on the M1, It's not very advisable to try running shadders on a 8gb mini, and still, FPS will suffer, A LOT.
it ran at 40-55fps on my redstone nightmare word (read as LAG AF) tried to install optifine mod for better FPS but had no sucess, optifine tends to increase FPS by a lot, and is basically necessary for minecraft java, I use it even on my windows with a 980Ti. I play a lot of minecraft on my M1 mini, Before, until 1.18 I used ManyMC as the launcher, since Oficial launcher was not native. I used to do Windows network installs, etc., but after too many blue screens of death and chasing DLLs to hell and back, I went Mac and never looked back but I dread having one of those things in the house / on our home LAN. I may have to cave and just get a crappy Windows box so he can do the things he wants. All the latest info I've seen on that says it just isn't going to work (no DirectX, among other things). One thing that isn't possible: PC Link to his Oculus. Works for most stuff he's into at the moment. So we went the Parallels route, and the Windows 11 ARM developer preview. Great machine - crazy powerful (16gb RAM) - drives a nice 4K 27" screen (Asus ProArt), and is arguably a better performer than my 5K iMac (2017 model) with 24gb RAM.īut of course.
Time came for a new machine, and I went with the M1 Mini. Minecraft was his first obsession, and it ran adequately on our old Intel iMac.
I have a kid who has been driving me nuts re: gaming.