I recently bought the Valve Complete Pack on me new account, and for some reason, when I play CS:S or any other source game, and get a load of lag in and out of games. In the menu, it lags, ingame, it lags. I don't know why but its just choppy every where. I join a game and turn on the net graph and I notice my framerate drop every 1-2 seconds.
Computer Specs..
[code]Operating System
MS Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 52 °C
ClawHammer 0.13um Technology
RAM
2.0GB Dual-Channel DDR @ 201MHz 2.5-4-4-6
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. A8N-SLI (Socket 939)
Graphics
IBML150/L150p @ 1024x768
IBM T84H @ 1280x1024
256MB RADEON X800 Series (ATI)
Hard Drives
195.36GB Western Digital WDC WD2000JD-00HBB0 (IDE) 43 °C
488.40GB NVIDIA STRIPE 465.77G (SCSI)
Optical Drives
SONY DVD RW DW-D26A
Audio
USB Audio Device[/code]
Note: I've played Source games before on this comp on full settings without problems.
I just got back from vacation so I am freaking out right now.
You have a 64 bit processor and 32-bit Windows?
Why?
[quote]256MB RADEON X800 Series (ATI)[/quote]
I'm no computer whiz, but isn't that pretty shitty?
[QUOTE={ABK}AbbySciuto;23161428]You have a 64 bit processor and 32-bit Windows?
Why?[/QUOTE]
It's a 6 year old computer and my father built, I don't know.
[QUOTE=xxncxx;23161457]It's a 6 year old computer and my father built, I don't know.[/QUOTE]
That's what that means.
Thats not the problem at the moment. I just got back from vacation and bought it and now its doing this but yet, I've played it perfectly before without this problem. The computer has been off in my house for the past three days, before we left, I could play it perfectly.
[editline]06:32PM[/editline]
3 people reading thread and not posting, why?
Dissconnect your usb audio device and reboot.
also that GPU is far below the minimum of those games.
And people are not posting because they dont know the answer calm down.
[QUOTE=taipan;23162399]Dissconnect your usb audio device and reboot.
also that GPU is far below the minimum of those games.
And people are not posting because they dont know the answer calm down.[/QUOTE]
I don't think so, I pass recommended on Can You Run It.
Also, I just found out that this is only on CS:S. I have no problem playing everything else.
[editline]08:56PM[/editline]
Taipan, you are a god, it was the headset. Now, the problem is, how am I going to play this with my headset and get rid of the lag.
annyone here will tell you that Can you run it is Horrible.
And use your onboard audio.
[QUOTE=taipan;23166068]annyone here will tell you that Can you run it is Horrible.
And use your onboard audio.[/QUOTE]
I want to use my mic...
I can obviously play it fine because I average 60 fps on high settings in CS:S, same with TF2. But I guess you're right with Can You Run It, it said one time I couldn't play Hawx even on minimum settings but yet I could still play it fine.
[QUOTE={ABK}AbbySciuto;23161428]You have a 64 bit processor and 32-bit Windows?
Why?[/QUOTE]
Because he doesn't have over 3GB of RAM and Windows XP's 64-bit version wasn't used very much in personal computing. Most people with XP have 32-bit.
[QUOTE=taipan;23162399]Dissconnect your usb audio device and reboot.
also that GPU is far below the minimum of those games.
And people are not posting because they dont know the answer calm down.[/QUOTE]
that explains why I've played Portal on a 64MB gpu :downs:. 256 MB should be able to play with most options on high, and definitely on medium.
It depends [b]alot[/b] on your monitor resolution.
No more help needed guys. Turned on my computer this morning and had no problems at all. Weird though, I wonder what caused it.
[QUOTE=xxncxx;23182120]No more help needed guys. Turned on my computer this morning and had no problems at all. Weird though, I wonder what caused it.[/QUOTE]
i get random lag problems ever since beta source came out and i switched to shitty to a shitty ati 5770 so your ati card could have been the prob
I have an ATI 5770 and its great. Stop being an nvidia fanboy.
@above poster
[QUOTE={ABK}AbbySciuto;23161428]You have a 64 bit processor and 32-bit Windows?
Why?[/QUOTE]
Why does that fucking matter? Only reason why you should goto a 64b OS is when you want to get past the 4GB limit. None the less, irrelevant question. Do you want to troubleshoot or nitpick?
OP:
Clean up your computer and see if you get any performance increases. Try these suggestions
Defragment
- Use Defraggler or Windows Disk Defragmenter.
Clean up Files
- Use CCleaner to clean up all the unneeded files. File space can make a huge difference.
Clean up Registry
- Use CCleaner again, this does a good job at cleaning up the registry.
Thin out your startup.
- Use msconfig (Start -> Run -> MSConfig)
Make sure you don't turn off anything that is really required. KNow what you're doing, if you don't... post a list of all your startup items, and non-microsoft services.
Also, did you update your graphics card driver by any chance?
[QUOTE={ABK}AbbySciuto;23161428]You have a 64 bit processor and 32-bit Windows?
Why?[/QUOTE]
:downs:
[editline]08:58AM[/editline]
[QUOTE=jayrat_77;23318243]i get random lag problems ever since beta source came out and i switched to shitty to a shitty ati 5770 so your ati card could have been the prob[/QUOTE]
Wow. This thread is filled with idiots.
[QUOTE=Rixxz2;23325020]:downs:
[editline]08:58AM[/editline]
Wow. This thread is filled with idiots.[/QUOTE]
Its the tech support subforum. Its filled with incompetent morons who have a severe case of fanboy. They nitpick, not troubleshoot.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;23322293]Why does that fucking matter? Only reason why you should goto a 64b OS is when you want to get past the 4GB limit. None the less, irrelevant question. Do you want to troubleshoot or nitpick?
OP:
Clean up your computer and see if you get any performance increases. Try these suggestions
Defragment
- Use Defraggler or Windows Disk Defragmenter.
Clean up Files
- Use CCleaner to clean up all the unneeded files. File space can make a huge difference.
Clean up Registry
- Use CCleaner again, this does a good job at cleaning up the registry.
Thin out your startup.
- Use msconfig (Start -> Run -> MSConfig)
Make sure you don't turn off anything that is really required. KNow what you're doing, if you don't... post a list of all your startup items, and non-microsoft services.
Also, did you update your graphics card driver by any chance?[/QUOTE]
I don't need help its fixed now, also, the msconfig one is already done, I don't have any programs at startup. Already cleaned the registry not to long ago, and I use CCleaner on a regular basis.
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.