Hello,i decided to start a new thread since the topic im doing is a bit specific,and other threads are months old... so im hoping someone can give me some advice since im kinda confused about this issue with choppy/laggy gameplay. by this i mean fps dropping extremely low.
to start ill state my system specs,Narra5 MB AMD Athlon X4 640 3.0Ghz,PNY Geforce GT 430 1Gb DDR3 128Bit 500Gb 7200 baracuda HDD and 2Gb DDR2 system RAM.
id really hope to hear some feedback on this,as ive invested a few hundred into this build already and will be getting better end hardware soon. i hope its just a low RAM issue, the game im running is GTA EFLC DLC version, not off a CD Rom. im almost positive is not my GPU, since i can fun COD 2 burnout paradise, devil may cry 4 dirt2,bulletstorm,AND need for speed world, completely MAXED out,with very minimal lag and near 30Fps all the time. with GTA ive noticed "while watching GPU meter" the temps are minimal, the memory is about half used,and GPU use percentage isnt even touching 100%,meanwhile other games have made my GPU run at 100% and up to 900MB off my GPU memory. thats why i think it cant be a video card issue... while monitoring my system via second display screen, i notice my ram usage goes up very high while playing gta, when the lag/chop occurs ill notice high spikes in ram usage & percentage. as much as 99% RAM 2009/2048 would that alone be enough to cause these FPS chopping issues with my gameplay? ive also tryed small 800X600 resolutions on a tiny 15" monitor with all the graphics settings low/off and the gpu is barely using any of its resources.yet my ram will still be around 91-96% used,and i still have the chopping lag issue. my OS is win 7 X64 home premium. please someone give a noob some advice lol
note: plan on getting better ram sticks by ADATA next month, High performace.gaming specific PC6400 2Gbx2 that have heat sinks. for a total of 4Gb "max my system will support. THANKS!
to start ill state my system specs,Narra5 MB AMD Athlon X4 640 3.0Ghz,PNY Geforce GT 430 1Gb DDR3 128Bit 500Gb 7200 baracuda HDD and 2Gb DDR2 system RAM.
id really hope to hear some feedback on this,as ive invested a few hundred into this build already and will be getting better end hardware soon. i hope its just a low RAM issue, the game im running is GTA EFLC DLC version, not off a CD Rom. im almost positive is not my GPU, since i can fun COD 2 burnout paradise, devil may cry 4 dirt2,bulletstorm,AND need for speed world, completely MAXED out,with very minimal lag and near 30Fps all the time. with GTA ive noticed "while watching GPU meter" the temps are minimal, the memory is about half used,and GPU use percentage isnt even touching 100%,meanwhile other games have made my GPU run at 100% and up to 900MB off my GPU memory. thats why i think it cant be a video card issue... while monitoring my system via second display screen, i notice my ram usage goes up very high while playing gta, when the lag/chop occurs ill notice high spikes in ram usage & percentage. as much as 99% RAM 2009/2048 would that alone be enough to cause these FPS chopping issues with my gameplay? ive also tryed small 800X600 resolutions on a tiny 15" monitor with all the graphics settings low/off and the gpu is barely using any of its resources.yet my ram will still be around 91-96% used,and i still have the chopping lag issue. my OS is win 7 X64 home premium. please someone give a noob some advice lol
note: plan on getting better ram sticks by ADATA next month, High performace.gaming specific PC6400 2Gbx2 that have heat sinks. for a total of 4Gb "max my system will support. THANKS!