Will My Computer Support Minecraft?

[theopfor]

I am using Ubuntu 11.10, and the only information I can grab off of it is:

CPU: Intel® Atom™ CPU N450 @ 1.66GHz × 2
RAM: 2GiB
OS Type: 32 bit

Can I support Minecraft?

[patonb]

Well here's a person playing it on a atom 450
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP1MIKnvUiE

And ubuntu is supported, so sure why not.

[Mischa]

You still need some kind of graphics card do you not?

My brother has i3, integrated graphics and 3 gig ram running windows 7. Granted its a laptop but all the specs are better than the information given by theopfor and my brother can barely play minecraft on the lowest settings (terrible framerates etc.)

[MindoverMaster]

He probably has too much in the background running that is eating up you RAM.

[Mischa]

unless windows is using up all the ram, then no, he never has any programs running while playing

[MindoverMaster]

Opening up task messenger and looking at what is running can show you what is hogging it. Processes, Performance tabs.

I meant background apps, ones you don't see on the desktop. Or voluntary clicked on. It's probably running apps he's not aware of.

[Mischa]

do you have to be careful what processes you end?? are there ones that are needed?

some of the things i have no idea what they are.

[MindoverMaster]

Are any of them taking up a large amount of RAM or CPU percentage? A lot of them stay idle until needed.

[Mischa]

yeah he just ended one and he had to restart his computer, he is only using 1gig ram so there is still two gig left for minecraft so i dont think thats holding him back. Must just be the integrated graphics. I thought integrated would at least support minecraft on lowest settings

[MindoverMaster]

Does this happen in single player or multiplayer?

It may be a combination of the CPU as well as the GPU.

How much of the CPU/RAM is it using up when you have MC up and running?