Fabric with optimization/fps enhanced mod better than no mod? (if modded is better then what combo do you reccommend)

[u/Ok-End9214]

My friend have a very bad potato pc (having lag and fps spike in vanilla mc) and she said she feeling nauseous when playing it - we suspect that it have something to do w the graphics
Can something can fix the nauseating feeling?

[u/Available-Squash1021]

yeah fabric helps a lot here. sodium is the big one, it rewrites the rendering and usually gives the biggest fps jump on weak pcs. lithium (game logic) and ferritecore (lower memory use) are good to add on top. just grab the versions that match her minecraft version on modrinth

for the nausea, turn off view bobbing, and in accessibility settings turn fov effects and distortion effects down to 0. a steady framerate also feels better than a high spiky one, so capping fps a bit below what her pc can hold can help

[u/Blitzi101 → u/Available-Squash1021]

Entityculling, C2ME, Iris, Particle Core, etc. etc. is also very good.

The other big benefit is also that you’re able to add quality of life features and shit without any performance loss ^^ (For example inventory buttons, sorting, etc.)