Lag in games although PC mets minimum requirments

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use cmd to taskkill explorer.exe and just to let you know your icons will diaper till you restart or reopen it through cmd because there is no start menu or task bar
 


yes i know.
 


you are still not reading what im saying the hardware IS powerful enough for games that i mentioned.. please read the entire post before posting.
 



Min spec doesn't mean "the min needed to play on normal settings" (that would be the recommended spec)

Min spec means "the min needed to play the game at an acceptable frame rate and without regular crashes" So that means everything turned down as far as possible. Acceptable framerate is generally 20-30 fps on average.

Also remember that min spec is really just a best guess. There are so many computer configurations that you can have CPUs/GPUs that are roughly equal to each other on paper but when put into the SPECIFIC situation of a given game's SPECIFIC engine that one does fine while the other does not. This can also be said for GPUs and the games, and it can even be said for various combinations. It's not an exact science. So it doesn't surprise me that you say some games run okay while others do not, although they all have about the same min spec.

When you run at min spec you have to understand you're going to have hit and miss depending on how a game scales and its specific demands. And you really are RIGHT at min spec and fading fast.



 


I did read all the posts. Your system barely scrapes by in the games that it "runs fine". Obviously there's something in these other games that is causing them to be a slide show - like, oh I don't know, they are more demanding on certain resources?

I proposed a simple freaking test. Why don't you just try it and see what happens? Everyone in this thread is telling you the same thing, if you don't care to listen then that's your own fault. Ignorance is not bliss. SOMETHING in your PC is causing the games to not run smoothly. Is it the GPU, the CPU, or the RAM? Or all of them? There's nothing magical that will cause them to run better, the only thing you can do is find the weak point and upgrade it.
 
I had a GT 220 paired with an i7 860 and 6GB of RAM and games like GTA IV, BC2, Crysis were playable although I could obviously not max them out. The problem is probably with your low RAM and/or weak CPU (I'm leaning towards you not having enough RAM).
 


ok look the cpu is more than enough for etc gta san andreas the ram is more than enough the gpu is more than enough so whats the weak point then?
 


Okay, let's presume (for a second) it's NOT your computer. Here are some other possibilities.

Have you googled "San Andreas PC lag"? Because I have, and it seems it's not an unusual problem. Sometimes the game itself is at fault.

Another potential issue is an old game on new hardware or a new operating system. The PC port is from 2005/early '06. If you're using Win 7 it was tested for WinXP. Not 7. Could be an issue.

The age of the game could also be an issue relating to your drivers. This port is 6-7 years old now. You are using a GPU that is 2-3 years YOUNGER, with drivers that are 2-3 years YOUNGER and were NEVER tested with the game. This CAN cause problems!

An example of how OLDER software paired with NEWER hardware and its drivers can cause problems is the Thief game. There is a fog setting in the game that has NO driver support past... 2005. The game uses this fog setting but driver support for it was discontinued years ago. You want to play the old game and have it at its best? Ironically, you need to use an old computer with old drivers and an old GPU, because a new one won't do the job.

In any of these cases, what can you do? Well, frankly, a fat lot of nothing.

(Although I seriously think at least some more RAM might help you. 1.5GB is nothing, even for XP)
 


OK, because you obviously know more about computers than we do, why don't you go solver your problem yourself.

OK, now on a serious note. The answer given to you might not be the answer you wanted but it is the correct answer. Your PC is NOT up to scratch. Fact. Something or possibly somethings in your computer need an upgrade.
 


i have had this work before but its probably not the same problem i would seriously consider a new rig or up grade
 


ok then should i give you the bank account number to send money to?
 


im not building you a computer and that seems to be the main problem outdated hardware so if you cant afford a new rig then dont play games that lag and that was an answer to the question why are my games lagging old hardware like it or not that seems to be the problem sorry :/
 


but the games that im playing or outdated to so whats the problem?
 

il better go download them 😀
 
I am going to take a guess at the problem so here it is. The minimum system requirements are when the game was released, since then whatever OS you are running has had many updates since then which use more system resources on to of this I would guess you may have other things running in the background. You could try reinstalling windows and turning off updates and the games may run OK. I remember when Win XP came out it would run acceptably with 256Mb RAM but now with all its updates and service packs it runs painfully slowly with under 1Gb RAM.
 
how many cores dose the cpu have because a single core at 1.92 is pretty good and ram should help alot are you going for 2GB or more than that
 
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