Minecraft runs at 20-30fps on Asus 7970

LucasBaker

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I have got an Asus AMD 7970 GPU which is more than capable of handling Minecraft at 60fps+ but its only does 20-30. I'm not entirely sure what it is but I have an idea it could be, Minecraft/Java uses on board graphics instead of GPU, AMD drivers don't play nice with Java or I am seriously bottlenecking, but I doubt this one because I can pretty much max out every game at 80fps+

Can someone tell me what is causing this and how to fix it?

Specs:
Intel i5 2.3GHz Quad Core
Intel H57M01A1 Motherboard
6GB DDR3 RAM
Western Digital 1TB HDD
Asus AMD 7970 Direct CUII
Corsair CX600 PSU