Why Does games lag on my Computer?

[Dartz]

Every single game starts giving 10 fps at regular intervals then turn back to normal speed. I wanna know whats the major cause of this problem?

AMD FX-4100 3.6Ghz
4GB DDR3 RAM
ATi Radeon HD 4830 512MB

 

[HEXiT]

what games and what settings... if your gonna say bf3 on max settings@1080p then i have your answer your cpu is weak for gaming as is your gpu. it barely meets minimum requirments for new games
the 4830 is a bareley entry level gaming card not designed to play high end games although you can play the less demanding kinds like sims and cod at medium to high settings settings it wont handle games like bf3 crysis 2 at all well even if you stick to 1280/1024 or lower screen size.
my guess would be you have a temp issue thats causing either the gpu or cpu to throttle.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

You NEED a much better graphics card...think £200/$300

All the best Brett

 

[simon12]

Unless your are putting the game settings to high for the hardware I suspect something is overheating. Download HWMonitor and check you CPU & GPU temps. The 4830 is dated but should still play all games on low- medium settings.

 

[Dartz]

I am playing NFS MW 2012 at highest settings @ 20fps but it starts lagging at 5fps
Now I've uninstalled the Catalyst, there's a but improvement but now it lags at 10-15 FPS

 

[zander1983]

...at highest settings...

There is your problem. Your GPU is not powerful enough to rus your resolution. You can lower your details or resolution.

But it is time to upgrade your GPU, something in the $300 range would be good.

 

[Dartz]

What about GTA 4? That lags more than NFS :/

 

[Dartz]

Every Game Lags, no matter at whatever Settings I Play :/

 

[sarthaktechno]

lame processes

 

[joeh_87]

GTA4 is more demanding than NFS, Infact completey maxed out GTA4 is still probably one of the most demanding games still. due to being poorly made for the PC.

Upgrade your GPU you will notice a nice boost.

 

[simon12]

Download GPUZ and check your graphics card usage, if its at 100% almost continuously then its the GPU holding it back so you need to drop settings &/or resolution or upgrade to a new one.

 

[HEXiT]

+1^

 

[Scott_D_Bowen]

Update to .NET 4.5 Framework and install the latest Catalyst drivers, in that order.

 

[Dartz]

Download GPUZ and check your graphics card usage, if its at 100% almost continuously then its the GPU holding it back so you need to drop settings &/or resolution or upgrade to a new one.

GPU load is 0-30% only

 

[Scott_D_Bowen]

Thought so...

Try this 3MB OpenGL game, it should be CPU bound on that card as I've set it to use an uncapped frame-rate.
- http://scottdbowen.id.au/games/doom/DoomSW_+_PrBoom_Downloader.exe

At least that way you can isolate the fault some more.
(I saw AMD FX-4100 3.6Ghz and... perhaps I under-estimate them too often 😛).

 

[gearboxjoe]

You want to be on at least 30fps anyway, anything below that there is no point in playing because it will stunt your performance, especially in multiplayer.

 

[Muhammad Abed]

i was suffering the same problem
All what you have to do is :-
1- right click on the game's shortcut
2- run with graphics processor

 

[XSahanX]

What about GTA 4? That lags more than NFS :/

Lol bro ......... i was serching for the same problem ... i installed it just now but i was SADLY SHOCKED when i saw how much it lagged !! ... i tried reducing the graphics.... that kinda worked ............ can any one PLEASEEE TELL ME WHAT MY PROBLEM IS ??

 

[XSahanX]

or do u think it will Lag less if i un install some of my other games like assassins creed 4 and stuff ??

 

[gamerk316]

What it comes down to, is the PC you have isn't very good.

AMD FX-4100 3.6Ghz - Barely passable for gaming. Will do very badly in CPU bound titles like BF, GTA IV, and others. You're essentially limited to 40ish FPS at max settings even if you had an infinitely powerful GPU. FX simply isn't good for gaming.

4GB DDR3 RAM - Passable, though 8GB is standard these days. Newer games are more RAM hungry, and you do see small performance increases going to 6 or 8 GB.

ATi Radeon HD 4830 512MB - Slightly below average for its time, its outright aged now. This is probably the biggest bottleneck in the system, and combined with a weak CPU, is significantly holding back performance.

Really, to play at max settings, you basically need to tear the system apart. A GPU upgrade will allow medium/high, but that CPU will probably limit you to that going forward.

 

[trogdor796]

What it comes down to, is the PC you have isn't very good.

AMD FX-4100 3.6Ghz - Barely passable for gaming. Will do very badly in CPU bound titles like BF, GTA IV, and others. You're essentially limited to 40ish FPS at max settings even if you had an infinitely powerful GPU. FX simply isn't good for gaming.

4GB DDR3 RAM - Passable, though 8GB is standard these days. Newer games are more RAM hungry, and you do see small performance increases going to 6 or 8 GB.

ATi Radeon HD 4830 512MB - Slightly below average for its time, its outright aged now. This is probably the biggest bottleneck in the system, and combined with a weak CPU, is significantly holding back performance.

Really, to play at max settings, you basically need to tear the system apart. A GPU upgrade will allow medium/high, but that CPU will probably limit you to that going forward.

This...this all the way.

 

[BoostSoftware]

I've run into the same problem, however my PC has the processing power. It turns out my Internet connection is the culprit. I'm on satellite. So, my guess it is time to upgrade from 15 to 25G per month. Another $50 a month just to play games. Is there a better way?

 

[trogdor796]

I've run into the same problem, however my PC has the processing power. It turns out my Internet connection is the culprit. I'm on satellite. So, my guess it is time to upgrade from 15 to 25G per month. Another $50 a month just to play games. Is there a better way?

Please don't thread jack. It's just as easy to create your own thread since your problem is quite different.

Do you not have fiber, cable, or DSL available in your area for internet? If so, check out those options, because satellite sucks for gaming. If satellite is your only option, I'm afraid that's what your stuck with unless you moved or another provider(google fiber, probably wont happen though...).

What do you mean upgrade from 15 to 25G per month? 25GB as in your data cap? If so, that won't increase your speed, and won't help with the problem. The problem with satellite too is no matter how big of a cap you can get or even if you can get better speeds, the latency will always be bad. It's simply not a good solution for gaming.

 

[BoostSoftware]

Guess I'd have to move then....I live in a very rural area of Northwest Arkansas, so satellite really is the only option. You are correct about that being my data cap. Just thought there might be some way to buy enough bandwidth to allow for the really good animations, etc. Sorry for jacking the thread...didn't mean to, and thought it was a somewhat related question. Good to know, tho.