Troubleshooting with lag

**katank** · 12-23-2006, 23:40

True, RAM can never hurt. Try turning down some of the video options and updating your video drivers etc. If any of that makes a difference, it's probably your graphics card.

BTW, welcome to the .Org forums.

**Revshawn** · 12-23-2006, 23:55

Alright then! I'm defragmenting my hard drive. So what kind of graphics card do you recommend? I turned all my graphics to minimal and I'm still experiencing lag. and is the graphics card truly a fix all?

And how to you check your system specs? I'm having trouble finding that right now.

**katank** · 12-23-2006, 23:59

Hit windows key+R to bring up the run prompt. Type dxdiag and enter.

This should give you a run down of your machine's specs.

Graphics card is most definitely not a fix-all but is a likely candidate. Which graphics card to buy really depends upon your platform and budget. Post your specs first so we can have an idea of what may be going on.

**Revshawn** · 12-24-2006, 00:06

Here's my system specs....sadly I don't know what most of this is lol!

But I do recognize I need more ram....and I don't know what video card I have.

**Musashi** · 12-24-2006, 00:42

OMG... BUY MORE RAM!

Seriously, this game needs 3 times as much ram as you have, from what I've seen of people posting specs. I'd try to get my system up to 2 gigs if I were you though.

Also, turn off shadows in the options... easiest way to knock out a huge portion of the lag.

**Revshawn** · 12-24-2006, 00:52

I know! WTF? I told my mother to give me the money and I'll buy my own PC. They told me that it had 1.04k ram on this sucker! Hold up....lemme put on my knights armor and go pwn him.

**katank** · 12-24-2006, 01:58

Yep, the processor is ok but you sooo need more RAM. Think about upgrading graphics too. Your Presario has a Savage S3 IIRC. This is pretty bad. Consider GeForce 6xxx series and above or Radeon X8xx series and above. Decent cards can be had for ~$100 that would go a long way.