Good day Joshua Loera,
Thank you very much for posting your question to the Q&A Forum and sorry for any inconvenience you've met.
I understand you're suddenly facing some lag issues with Minecraft Bedrock edition recently. Since you've already tried dropping the render distance and restarting your PC but no success, here are several additional steps you could consider:
- Check thermal throttling
Your laptop sometimes might get thermally throttling now due to dust buildup or degraded cooling performance.
Read more: Why am I getting random lag spikes in Minecraft Bedrock
- Clear Cache
If you haven’t already, clearing the cache for the game can sometimes resolve issues.
Press Win+R to open the Run dialog
Enter the path %localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache and press Enter
In the folder that opens, delete the minecraftpe folder. This helps clear the game's cache
Then, restart Minecraft to allow the game to rebuild fresh cache files
Note: Backing up your worlds before doing maintenance like this is always a good precaution
- Download and run the latest driver for your graphics card
Check Your GPU: Right click the Start button, open Device Manager, and look under Display adapters to see your graphics card name
Download the latest driver from your manufacturer’s website (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel...)
Run the installer > choose Express Install > restart your PC
- Reinstall Minecraft: As a last resort, try uninstalling and reinstalling Minecraft. This can help if there're any corrupted game files causing performance issues.
Important Tips:
- For you mentioned your RAM usage is high, I suggest using a tool like Windows Task Manager or Resource Monitor to see if a specific application or process is consuming excessive resources during gameplay.
- Also, because you've ruled out PC diagnostics showing issues, you might want to keep an eye on CPU and GPU usage when the lag occurs. Sometimes background processes can spike usage unexpectedly.
Useful related threads: Minecraft Bedrock Edition Is Extremely Laggy
If these steps don't work, it's worth checking the Windows release health page to see if other users also reporting similar problems.
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