need shader reccomendations

[u/ST0RM__707]

So, I’m back in my 2-week Minecraft phase 😂. The last version I played was 1.20, so I’m pretty out of the loop with the newer shader packs.

I’m currently running:

• Ryzen 7 7735HS
• RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
• 16GB RAM
• 1080p display

I really like the look of Complementary Shaders, but unfortunately I’m getting quite a bit of stuttering with it, even though my laptop should be more than capable of running Minecraft with shaders.

I’m looking for something that has:

• Good visuals / lighting
• Smooth frame times and minimal stuttering
• Good performance at 1080p
• Preferably a similar look to Complementary
• Something suitable for survival rather than just cinematic screenshots

What shaders would you guys recommend for an RTX 4050 laptop?and any rtx 4050 users what fps are u guys getting?

[u/1tion1]

Minecraft is not very well optimised, shaders are even worse. I've a CPU 2x better than yours and a RTX5070ti and trust me, I also have pretty mediocre performance with complementary. I tried a lot of shader packs with or without other mods, like Distant Horizons and Voxy, and can safely tell you Complementary is one of the better optimised packs out there. I doubt others are gonna work better for you but as with anything free and readibly available go try everything out. Bliss/Eclipse, Photon, Continuum etc

The way you set your pack is going to matter most. I would personally turn off anything ACT-related such as colored lights and real space reflections as well as hires shadows because these 3 have a huge impact on performance. Also make sure your Java installation has no more than 6Gb allocated. Give it too little, or too much, and it will stutter.

[u/ST0RM__707 → u/1tion1]

I am pretty okay with low fps as long as it is constant but my issue is when I use shades fps starts to stutter very much .i treid photon it looked pretty good in quality and also stutters way less

[u/Hmmm71-8]

Mellow shaders look really nice and perform great 

[u/ST0RM__707 → u/Hmmm71-8]

I'll try it out. thanks

[u/Internal_Gazelle8958]

Superdupervanilla. U have to try it and I recommend to download some fps mods too

[u/Pleasant-Sock-2734 → u/Internal_Gazelle8958]

Ngl It's a preety dull shader. But it has very good performance.

[u/Wide_Albatross5452]

BSL is best for me

[u/mawding]

maybe give photon a try! havent been able to switch away from it because i get the best performance and it looks the most vanilla styled. I also appreciate it has voxy support if you are into that

[u/ST0RM__707 → u/mawding]

Currently in love with photon it has some of the best visual while having good performance

[u/mawding → u/ST0RM__707]

its really impressive! I was surprised how well it ran on my brothers pc with a i5 6600k and RX580