# Vulkanize
\n## What is Vulkanize?
\nVulkanize is a modpack focused around VulkanMod and other general purpose optimization mods that aims to **improve your FPS and general performance** by using VulkanMod to replace the **outdated** rendering engine OpenGL with the **newer**, and **far superior**, Vulkan rendering engine.
\n### What is VulkanMod?
\nVulkanMod is a mod that allows you to replace the OpenGL renderer of Minecraft with Vulkan, which is far more **modern and superior** in terms of **performance and stability**.
\n## Why choose Vulkanize?
\nVia both in-house and third party tests, Vulkanize has **been proven to improve FPS by around 2x-10x**, yet our competitors, _Sodium Plus, Simply Optimized, and Fabulously Optimized_, **all failed** to increase it by even 2x.
\n### What does that mean?
\nVulkanize is clearly **the winner** when it comes to providing **raw performance and FPS gains** in comparison to our competitors.
\n## Performance test results
\n### Intel i7-7700 CPU & NVIDIA GTX 1050 TI GPU
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\nWITHOUT Vulkanize:
\n100-150 average FPS<\/p>\n
WITH Vulkanize:
\n450-950 average FPS
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\n### Intel i7-7700 CPU & Intel HD 630 iGPU
\n“`
\nWITHOUT Vulkanize:
\n30-60 average FPS<\/p>\n
WITH Vulkanize:
\n60-150 average FPS
\n“`
\n## Compatibility
\nSee this discussions page relating to VulkanMod.
\n## Update policy
\nWe aim to target the first **minor update** of every **major update**.
\n### Why not update to every new version?
\nThis policy is in place in an attempt to **allow our dependencies to remain the same across updates** and to **ensure you have a consistent experience**.
\n### What is a minor update?
\nA **minor update** is usually released by Mojang to address bugs introduced by, or discovered after, the release of a **major update**.<\/p>\n
For example, the first minor update of **1.20** was **1.20.1**.<\/p>\n
*There are many miscellaneous factors which may influence which version we choose to release an update for, such as popular request, or which version(s) VulkanMod’s developers decide to target, therefore, this policy is not set in stone*.<\/p>\n
### Can I play on newer version servers with Vulkanize?
\nIt depends, a **large majority** of servers **understand** that users **may** sometimes have **outdated** clients, either **accidentally or purposefully** due to **modpacks**, **mods**, or **other** various factors.<\/p>\n
As a result, those servers usually **will allow all clients to join** as long as the **major version** matches.
\n## Requirements
\nA **GPU** (or **iGPU**) that **supports Vulkan**
\n## Credits
\nShoutout to the developers of our **dependencies**.<\/p>\n
A **special thanks** goes out to xCollateral for creating VulkanMod and allowing this pack to exist!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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