what would make my comp faster?

[Jonny]

when i play games my comp lags like crazy... what would make it not lag? would i have to buy a new graphics card? or something can someone tell me what would help my comp not lag when i play games

 

[JeZper]

A lot...

To make your computer faster:

First off all, run a adware scan and a defragmention, it´s Free. (Use "Spy Sweeper" Use google to find it)


Things you could buy:

Nvida gforce 4 256mb
DDR/SD RAM
If you not allready are useing Windows XP pro, that could allso make the games run better.

 

[Jonny]

alright thanks

 

[currahee]

You might wanna check if you have enough RAM.
For Windows XP/2000 Systems I recommend a minimum of 384MB of RAM and strongly recommend 512MB of RAM. 256MB is not enough and Windows will try and use ALL of it so if you try and run Waracraft III on it and then close, it will take some time for windows to swap info in and out.
For Windows 9x/Me sustems I recommend a minimum of 192MB of RAM and strongly recommend 256MB of RAM. This is because Win9x/Me systems require less RAM to sustain operations.

Or what you can also do is check your internet connection. For example if you have broadband but share it by using a router, other people might cause some periodic lag since they're using the internet too.

 

[Jonny]

i got a high speed internet and no router im not sharing it with any other comp and how do i check how much ram i got?

 

[currahee]

Control Alt Delete
Click on Performance Tab

Physical Memory and look at Total. Type on the digits you see on that.

 

[NoNameRequired]

What are your computer specs (CPU Speed, Amount of RAM & Type , video card, etc.) and which games are you playing?

 

[XXXconanXXX]

Don't know his computer specs, but I do know he's on a Cable Modem and he's using it for Warcraft III. (He lags like hell)

 

[Jonny]

lol yea im when i play war craft 3 i lag like crazy

 

[Dtere]

If you look under A little note to new visitors thread, there's a link for a program to see what you have for hardware in your computer.

Post back with your results, and we can help you recognize what pieces of hardware are slowing your computer down the most.

Main hardware specs needed:
CPU/speed
RAM (speed too if you can)
Video Card
Harddrive (free space available also)

 

[Jonny]

Operating System System Model
Windows Millennium Edition (build 4.90.3000) 00101680 7920 15405300051270 2
System Serial Number: 9507HPPAV3
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
900 megahertz Intel Celeron
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Trigem Computer, Inc. Cognac
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies LTD 2.09 04/14/01
Drives Memory Modules c,d
30.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
14.56 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

LITEON CD-ROM LTN485S
MITSUMI CR-48X5TE [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")

ST330621A [Hard drive] (30.02 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 6EE0CMNY, rev 3.39, SMART Status: Healthy 128 Megabytes Installed Memory
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 30.00 GB 14.56 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users Printers
No details available Canon S200 on USBPRN01
QuickLink III on COM1:

Controllers Display
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Intel 82801AA Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) Intel(R) 82810 Graphics Controller [Display adapter]
Samsung S/T 76V [Monitor] (15.7"vis, s/n HCDRA00243, October 2001)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(r) 82801AA USB Universal Host Controller Crystal WDM Audio Codec
Gameport Joystick (no joystick connected)
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Communications Other Devices
Lucent Win Modem
Alcatel SpeedTouch(tm) USB ADSL RFC1483
Efficient Networks P.P.P.o.E. Adapter (NTSP3)
Microsoft TV/Video Connection
Network Card MAC Address: 00:900:7D:2B:94
Network IP Address: 169.254.59.96 / 16 Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL Modem
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
USB Root Hub
Lucent WDM Communication Device


ok well thats what the site says if that is to confussing just tell mw and i will make it better

 

[currahee]

LOL too much info. But it'll do
But anyway, look. Basically, a Celeron 900MHz is the potential cause of the problem.
Celerons are budget CPUs. Essentially, they are 86ed Pentium III CPUs. They have like 4 way assosicative addressing compared to the Pentium III's 8 way (reduces performance about 33% or so) and their L2 cache is havled. Meaning more performance bottlenecks.
2nd, Windows Me = Bad bad bad!
3rd, 128MB of RAM is the minimum for Warcraft III. There's your main problem.
I would suggest getting 256MB of more RAM or 128 at the least. You should see performance increase dramatically. Oh, and it owuldn't hurt to upgrade your OS and CPU sometime... especially OS, Windows Me sucks. Period.

 

[Jonny]

lol alright thanks