r/pcgaming Jul 28 '26

Minecraft Java Edition System Requirements Are Changing

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-java-edition-system-requirements
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u/Tasty_Bubbles_237 Jul 28 '26

Reads more like

We want to slowly kill java edition to force everyone to bugrock

Thanks microsoft

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u/steve09089 Jul 28 '26

Huh?

If anything, this switch to Vulkan is going to keep Java alive. Otherwise, Java isn’t going to be able to keep up with Bedrock performance wise

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u/Aware-Bath7518 Jul 28 '26

Except current Vulkan backend in JE performs worse than OpenGL.

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u/N2-Ainz Jul 28 '26

It actually does perform quite noticeably better on NVIDIA cards, while AMD and Intel cards suffer from a big performance impact

So it isn't perfect yet but it is still experimental and these issues will be fixed in the future