New Vegas lagging, what do I need to turn down to stop it? - Games

When I first started New Vegas, the auto config decided that my computer was good enough to run it on very high. It's not. There isn't a catastrophic amount of lag, but enough for it to be annoying, especially laggy indoors. I could probably run the game at high detail, but I can't see how to lower the settings. Any help?

The Auto-Config on everything ever is always wrong. Start by putting everything down to the minimum and then gradually put individual things back up again EDIT: Also, post your system specs, they'll give us a better idea of where the bottleneck is

System specs: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual 2.01 GHz, 2.00GB of RAM

When you open the launcher, hit the settings button. Was that so hard? [url]http://steamcommunity.com/id/assburgers/games?tab=all[/url] :colbert:

[url]http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34778[/url] Try this, helped me a lot. It lagged on Low, after applying that .dll, I was able to play on High/Ultra pretty smoothly.

Your PC is mediocre at best, so put everything on medium. If it still runs like shit, turn off shadows and AA, that will save a fair few frames Note that I don't actually have New Vegas, nor have I played any Fallout 3 games. I am simply more or less copying what I would do on my mediocre PC

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;25637814]When you open the launcher, hit the settings button. Was that so hard? [url]http://steamcommunity.com/id/assburgers/games?tab=all[/url] :colbert:[/QUOTE] I know, but I'm asking what I need to turn down. Oh yeah, that isn't actually my steam profile. Thought the ID was my display name not the account or profile link.

try to remember that because it's gamebryo even on the lowest settings it's going to lag/frame skip so find a comfortable medium for yourself

you know because gamebryo sucks ass and bethesda needs to stop trying to milk a terminal cow

Drivers, then turn settings down, then lastly wait for the patch. In that order.

Thanks

I could live with some lag, but it also causes the game to crash whenever it lags.

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[QUOTE=MisterUndead;25637875][url]http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34778[/url] Try this, helped me a lot. It lagged on Low, after applying that .dll, I was able to play on High/Ultra pretty smoothly.[/QUOTE] this

I used that and I went from lagging on medium settings to maxed out with x4 AA and no lag.

Update your RAM OP

[QUOTE=MisterUndead;25637875][url]http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34778[/url] Try this, helped me a lot. It lagged on Low, after applying that .dll, I was able to play on High/Ultra pretty smoothly.[/QUOTE] Would this stop stuttering? The game runs at like a solid 30-40 but sometimes when I'm walking it just randomly stutters for no reason even though FPS seems to stay the same.

[QUOTE=MisterUndead;25637875][url]http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34778[/url] Try this, helped me a lot. It lagged on Low, after applying that .dll, I was able to play on High/Ultra pretty smoothly.[/QUOTE] [quote]-sometimes crashes with 2 monitors -usually crashes with XFIRE [/quote] Fuck I can't live without those two. :saddowns:

[QUOTE=OutOfExile2;25642506]Would this stop stuttering? The game runs at like a solid 30-40 but sometimes when I'm walking it just randomly stutters for no reason even though FPS seems to stay the same.[/QUOTE] Well, that was the problem I had, so I guess, the answer would be "yes".

[QUOTE=OutOfExile2;25642506]Would this stop stuttering? The game runs at like a solid 30-40 but sometimes when I'm walking it just randomly stutters for no reason even though FPS seems to stay the same.[/QUOTE] yes Basically, most if not all FPS issues are solved by using that.

Wow that did help a lot, FPS shot up and a lot less stuttering.

I play Fallout 3 on Medium with the same graphics card. Run's pretty damn smooth and the lag that does occur doesn't bug me.

[QUOTE=OutOfExile2;25649425]Wow that did help a lot, FPS shot up and a lot less stuttering.[/QUOTE] spread the word mang

[QUOTE=Hypocrite;25641035]Update your RAM OP[/QUOTE] His memory is the least of his problems, A great update would be a 9800gt, but I would simply suggest a new computer. And no with a decent graphics card with proper onboard VRAM he doesn't need to upgrade his memory.

Removing VSync helps out a lot. You can disable it in the launcher although that doesn't work. You have to change a file in the fallout.ini in your documents.

The way I went with turning graphics down was I started with the Most intensive but least important in terms of appearance.... Any time I can, I'd put shadows to BLOB or OFF. Shadows really tax the video card. Anti Aliasing should be your next option to lower, then Bloom/Depth of Field. but I tend to leave Bloom on regardless because as long as it isn't over powering I like it. But with Fallout and Oblivion you get a few sliders for distances of objects. You should set the Actor Fade to fairly close since NPCs I believe cause the largest hit to performance. Then go from there

[QUOTE=Legolas;25642861]Fuck I can't live without those two. :saddowns:[/QUOTE] I've been playing with that .dll and 2 screens for a 20 hours and didn't have any crash yet, so 2 monitors aren't a problem.