[SOLVED] Newly built gaming pc can’t run games

[jacksonkrieger]

I just built a new gaming pc and it runs fine until it try to play bo4. The pc then doesn’t run the game well. It is upper laggy and it is so delayed navigating in the main menu. I haven’t even been able to play a round because the lag in the main menu is so bad.

Spec:
Rtx GeForce 2070
I5 9600x
16gb ram
Windows 10 64 bit
Currently on 2tb hdd (getting ssd)

Also I’ve heard something about DirectX. What is this, does it come preloaded installed, and do I need to install it to fix the problem.

All help is appreciated

 

[Frag Maniac]

DirectX is an absolute must. It's an API (Application Program Interface) that is basically a suite of libraries that handles graphics, audio, HID input/output, in 3D applications, especially games. The main thing it contains for gaming and other 3D applications is the Direct3D library. It's imperative you have it installed and updated. Most games when you install them will have a pop up screen after install that has the DirectX files the game needs, as well as the MS Visual Studio files it needs. If you ever reinstall Windows, any games installed on another drive need to have DirectX and VIsual Studio reinstalled for them to even launch. You can usually find these files in the game directory in a "redist" folder, which is an abbreviation for redistributables.

It's also wise to use the latest graphics driver for any current GPU model, especially one like RTX that has significant architecture changes to the processor.

I'll add that you shouldn't assume just because you've installed the latest DirectX End-User Runtime, which is dated something like 4/18/2011, that the game you're playing has it properly installed. Running the DirectX setup file contained in the game directory often installs specific Dx files the game needs, even after installing the latest Dx Runtime. I know that sounds weird, but Dx seems to detect what a specific game needs when you run it from it's directory. So that's always the way I recommend doing it if you're having problems with certain games.

This could very well be a graphics driver thing instead though if you're not running the latest version for your RTX.

 

[jterpstra0462]

When you install the drivers for your graphics card it should give you the choice to download direct x. If not most games with ask if you want to install direct x

 

[coastie65]

A lot of times your hardware gets ahead of what the game is optimized for. For instance, I have the Original Myst and I have nothing here that will run it. The last time I ran it, it was on a Pentium D and even then I had to shut down one of the Cores and run in Single core.