Eli5: Why can my laptop play realistic games like Hitman 3 smoothly, but lags like hell with Minecraft shaders?

Question

I use a lenovo legion 5

In: Technology

Answer 1

Have you tried to allocate more of your RAM to minecraft? I have a behemoth that will run Doom, but it WILL NOT run Minecraft without me changing that setting.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/gamerant.com/how-allocate-more-ram-minecraft-step-by-step-guide/amp/

Here’s a link I found that explains ^

By default it starts with 2 gb but if you’ve got it, try 4, 6, or 8. I’m a monster that has 20 gb total and runs a lot of modded minecraft so I keep mine at 10-12. (I don’t know that it’s good to use that much, I just know it makes it work)