• Left 4 dead 2 Weapon lag
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Hello. I just recently obtained a new laptop that has a happy ability to run any source game at a very playable framerate (old laptop was not even worth it). I have been playing l4d2 on my high-end desktop (crysis quality)since I bought l4d2. When I play it on my laptop it runs perfectly until the first time I switch weapons (not pick up a new weapon, switch it. Like shotgun to pistol/melee...). It lags for a few seconds (as if its loading the model) then continues playing the game again. It works fine for another 10/15 minutes, then does it again for every weapon im holding /:S Its not a big big deal, but its cost me my life a few times so I'd like to know if theres a way to fix it. Thanks in advance. Laptop specs: AMD Athlon x2 - 2.0 duel core. ATI RADEON 3200 series - 256 vram 3 gegs of ram screen is 1280x800 windows 7 (ill b installing xp soon...) tnx^^
Model? [quote]ATI RADEON - 256 vram[/quote]
well, i dont think it matters but its a 3200 series.
Installed New Drivers? Reinstalled L4D2? Any [U][I][B]why[/B][/I][/U]are you going to install windows xp instead of keeping windows 7?
Win7 > XP And download Fraps and check your FPS when the weapon lag is happening.
[QUOTE=Sgt Pringles;23702429]Installed New Drivers? Reinstalled L4D2? Any [U][I][B]why[/B][/I][/U] are you going to install windows xp instead of keeping windows 7?[/QUOTE] Drivers fully updated. I have reinstalled l4d2 once, didnt change anything. And I like xp a lot more than 7, but i'll duel boot it. Xp has a lot less compatibility issues and a lot less processes running in idle. Which means overall better performance. [QUOTE=taipan;23703286]download Fraps and check your FPS when the weapon lag is happening.[/QUOTE] Fraps drops it down to 1, then when it unfreezes it goes back up to normal. (45-61 fps)
I'm pretty sure you can't dual boot with 2 different Windows Operating Systems, correct me if I'm wrong.
[QUOTE=Wombo194;23707976]I'm pretty sure you can't dual boot with 2 different Windows Operating Systems, correct me if I'm wrong.[/QUOTE] Im correcting you. You're wrong. I'v done it many, many times before and it works very well. ^^
The 256mb ram causes l4d to have to import each new gun from your slow hdd. This causes an fps drop until the weapon is imported. Get a better card.
[QUOTE=taipan;23725360]The 256mb ram causes l4d to have to import each new gun from your slow hdd. This causes an fps drop until the weapon is imported. Get a better card.[/QUOTE] -_- Im on a laptop i cant get a better card. >.> Plus windows shares the ram with vram and gives it like.. 1000 mb of vram... buuuut that probably doesnt really make a difference. Im sure this isnt the problem, it could also be windows event log. I'v had many many problems with it in previous cases and im sure it could do with this problem. GTA IV has issues i know... same with WoW When I get the time, ill try disabling it and ill report in.
My friend has roughly the same laptop (same cpu/gpu/os but with 4gb) and has no problem running L4D2 or WoW. I cant think why you have problems with it unless its a software related issue, have you tried defragmenting the games cache files/verified intergrity of game cache through steam? Its a blind guess but doing that fixed a few problems for me.
[QUOTE=Sgt Pringles;23728048]My friend has roughly the same laptop (same cpu/gpu/os but with 4gb) and has no problem running L4D2 or WoW. I cant think why you have problems with it unless its a software related issue, have you tried defragmenting the games cache files/verified intergrity of game cache through steam? Its a blind guess but doing that fixed a few problems for me.[/QUOTE] Ah yes, defragmenting, that aughta fix it... ill check in when i test it. Also, disabling Windows event log didnt fix anything. (ah well XP) [QUOTE=taipan;23725360]The 256mb ram causes l4d to have to import each new gun from your slow hdd.[/QUOTE] My HDD speed is 7200 rpm.. im pretty sure its not slow. But thanks for this illuminating assistance.
Your HDD is way way slower then Vram. Even if it is a 10.000rpm
You have 3 gigs of memory, which should be fine without vRam at all. Go ahead and set your virtual memory size to 0. Does the problem still happen? Also, defragging would probably not be a bad idea if you haven't done it in a while, but it wouldn't necessarily fix the problem. Try the vram thing and tell us if it works.
[QUOTE=taipan;23731959]Your HDD is way way slower then Vram. Even if it is a 10.000rpm[/QUOTE] XD yea my desktop's vram is DDR4 [QUOTE=R2Bl3nd;23732962]You have 3 gigs of memory, which should be fine without vRam at all. Go ahead and set your virtual memory size to 0. Does the problem still happen? Also, defragging would probably not be a bad idea if you haven't done it in a while, but it wouldn't necessarily fix the problem. Try the vram thing and tell us if it works.[/QUOTE] Awsome, I will. This should work :3
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