Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulkan 1.2

Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by SugarReflex on Sunday June 21, 2026 @07:20PM (#48623634)

Is it safe to say that this positively affected me? For the very first time I installed Linux Mint on my old gaming with a 1080 TI and installed Minecraft/Steam. Minecraft ran beautifully and it is Java Edition 26.2. I've had a harder hit and miss time with games on Steam.

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by CyborgCabbage on Sunday June 21, 2026 @07:43PM (#48623789)

Unless you changed the setting it still uses the OpenGL backend by default

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by QuaternionsBhop on Sunday June 21, 2026 @09:19PM (#48624455)

Minecraft (and Java) just runs great on Linux. I've personally experienced a 30% performance improvement from Windows.

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by tosti on Monday June 22, 2026 @08:21AM (#48629192)

I once tested the MS-Windows version on Wine on Linux vs MS-Windows on the same box. Both wine and native were faster on Linux, with the native Java version being the fastest (but not by much).

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by throwaway314155 on Monday June 22, 2026 @12:00AM (#48625492)

Am I crazy? Even a 1080 TI should have zero problems running Minecraft Java Edition...

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by UnfitFootprint on Monday June 22, 2026 @12:59AM (#48625888)

Raw performance wise yes. Driver wise… I think we can expect instability now game ready drivers are past EoL.

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by mort96 on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:01AM (#48628541)

Why? "Game ready drivers" are just a marketing thing to add game-specific performance hacks to new games, you don't expect "instability" just because nvidia doesn't do that anymore

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by ErroneousBosh on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:49AM (#48628908)

Linux doesn't have "Game Ready" NVidia drivers, it just has NVidia drivers.

No need for the marketing sauce when you can already see the sizzle.

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by Doohickey-d on Monday June 22, 2026 @01:35AM (#48626105)

I even (quite a few years ago) successfully ran an older version of Minecraft on a laptop released in 2003. That had a Radeon 9000 graphics with a whole 32MB of VRAM.

And yes, it was playable with IIRC around 20fps, with minimum settings and a performance-tweaking mod (Optifine?). I played it a lot, since that laptop was all I had.

Even 0ad (the open source RTS game) was playable on that.

That was maybe in 2013 or something like that, so the machine was "only" 10 years old.

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by goodmythical on Monday June 22, 2026 @10:19AM (#48630501)

I run modded minecraft at 1080p30 on CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1215U (8) @ 4.40 GHz GPU: Intel UHD Graphics @ 1.10 GHz [Integrated]

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by anthk on Monday June 22, 2026 @01:35PM (#48633212)

The Radeon 9xxx series were a beast, I envied the 9700 one from my Geforce 2MX.

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by imtringued on Monday June 22, 2026 @04:18AM (#48627280)

You mean even a 1060 Ti...

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by everyone on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:07AM (#48628584)

A 1080 TI is a relatively good card these days still. With the insane GPU drought and price hikes that there have been for literally years.

Also MC is usually more CPU bound than GPU bound

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by calgoo on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @05:55AM (#48642639)

Im so annoyed i did not pick up a few of those cards last year when we where decommissioning a old video editing system at work. Could have picked up 4x1080ti for about $100 + shipping!

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by ErroneousBosh on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:48AM (#48628899)

Can confirm that a GT1030 can run Minecraft on Linux extremely well, but maybe you want to hang back from the really high-end shaders.

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by mghackerlady on Monday June 22, 2026 @11:47AM (#48631873)

Minecraft Java is notorious for running like absolute dogpoop regardless of the hardware. Most people play with optifine or whatever the current optimisation mod is

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by chainingsolid on Monday June 22, 2026 @01:35PM (#48633216)

Sodium is the current fps increase mod at the moment.

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by mort96 on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:00AM (#48628524)

Did you have a bad experience with Minecraft on Linux before 26.2..?

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Re:Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulk... by SugarReflex on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @08:24PM (#48667228)

No, this is my first time attempting to game on Linux full stop. Minecraft ran beautifully and this post may explain why - I should mention that I did enable the Vulkan setting in game (without knowing too much about it)

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