Lag!!

[NinjaBob]

i lag so much when i play...even on low graphics and i have no idea why!! my comp is a Pentium 4 2.00 ghz 256 MB and i bought a new game card that the guys at the comp store said was good. its a Xtasy 9600 XT 256Mb 8x AGP and i dont no what to do.. i lag constantly..today my fps was under 10 and it got to .6. my ping is about 200. could the lag jus be becaue of my interent?? i have cable though.

HELP! lol




-i use tripple buffering

[Nalar]

You are going to need a lot more then 256MB of ram in order to run PS. If you want to run it decently I would recommend at least 1GB of ram. That should help your FPS out a lot. Your GFX card is a good card but you are bottle necking at your cpu speed and you memory. BTW, until then, i would recommend turning off triple buffering as this eats a lot of memory.

Secondly if you are getting a ping over 200ms then it is most likely your internet connection. Make sure you are on the server nearest you. Emerald - East, Markov - West, Werner - Europe

PS - wrong forum - this should probably be in the tech forum

[Electrofreak]

yeah to be honest dude... that machine ur runnin isnt so hot. the new vid card isnt bad but your problem my friend is your RAM. Buy some more! Get at least 512 megs of RAM, or go to a Gig and you'll do much better. Also a 2 Ghz P4 is a little on the low end, you might want to consider something better than that down the road. But for now, I would just suggest getting another 256 meg stick to match your current one. Make sure you get a stick of ram thats the same as your current one down to the model number, and you should see a significant performance increase.

PS- Dont use Triple Buffering, it doesn't do anything but make lag worse when you don't have a lot of system memory.

[SilverLord]

I am running a 1.8 GHrz P4. It runs fine for me. All you need is more RAM, now if you want to be a badass like Electro, go on a spending spree. All you have to do is get a 512 stick or even just a 256 stick, either would help out a ton.

[hex222]

does the CPu make that much of a difference then???
i need to make sure i know what to get, as my b-day's coming up and im gonna be ordering a new comp...

i've got a few more q's so...
what GFX should i get from radeon or geforce, nothing over 60 pouns though(about 120 dolars)
in memory, what does the PC<number> mean, will it be better if i go for a larger number here???
is there anything else i'll need to look out for when buyin my PC???

[StrangeFellow]

does the CPu make that much of a difference then???
i need to make sure i know what to get, as my b-day's coming up and im gonna be ordering a new comp...

i've got a few more q's so...
what GFX should i get from radeon or geforce, nothing over 60 pouns though(about 120 dolars)
in memory, what does the PC<number> mean, will it be better if i go for a larger number here???
is there anything else i'll need to look out for when buyin my PC???

alright that really doesn't belong here....start a new thread in the tech forum

[hex222]

fine

[NinjaBob]

does triple buffering help any if u have 512mb RAM?

[HawkEye]

need more RAM you will notice a big chnage in game play