Vista Lag (Driving me crazy)

[idk_a_name]

I'm in desperate need of help.

I just spent 700 bucks on a new Gateway: Windows Vista 64-bit Home Premium with SP1. And it poops out and lags in every game I play, even wc3 I lag out almost all the time.

I have a ATI Radeon 3200 video card. 4 gb of RAM And Im running Vista Anti-Lag and I still can't play games. Any help would be wonderful to solve this problem.

 

[phyrex1an]

Try disable the aero theme when playing.

 

[Wargasm]

check http://driveragent.com

and tell us if your vista drivers are up to date or not

 

[idk_a_name]

Only 3 that are out of date, Don't know how these 3 effect my gameplay.

 

[Wargasm]

i you use wireless then it is not causing the issue

if you use a wired connection yeah it mightbe a problem

to rule things out see if gateway has a newer 64 bit driver for the wired nic

 

[idk_a_name]

I was kind of thinking that, I have a 802. 11b/g Wireless LAN connection that came with the computer, but I also have a router connected. I don't know how to connect specifically to the router.

 

[Wargasm]

are you connected to the router with a cable ??

what is the brand of the router ? not all routers function to well with windows vista

 

[idk_a_name]

Linksys WUSB54G

 

[Ghostwind]

I dunno, I don't use anti-lag or anything and I have only 2gb of RAM. That probably means that RAM isn't the problem... I don't know how good the ATI radeon 3200 is though, is that a good card or bad? Because that might be it.

 

[idk_a_name]

I dunno, I don't use anti-lag or anything and I have only 2gb of RAM. That probably means that RAM isn't the problem... I don't know how good the ATI radeon 3200 is though, is that a good card or bad? Because that might be it.

The card shouldn't be a problem, cause back in the days I played wc3 on a Windows 98 computer, 0 new parts added, and I could play wc3 B.net pretty fine, but I can have some moments where I lag hard on this comp. Doesn't make sense.

 

[MeRcChRiS]

Hes wondering if its the card acting up on vista thats not making it so great.

 

[TriggerHappy]

these work for me when i play games .



1) keep aero on , whenever i turn it off i get more lag in-game.

2) Open task manager ( CNTRL + ALT + DELETE ) go to the processes tab and find war3.exe and set its priority to highest.

3) Run the game as administrator

 

[Wargasm]

2) Open task manager ( CNTRL + ALT + DELETE ) go to the processes tab and find war3.exe and set its priority to highest.

3) Run the game as administrator

the last 2 comments from Triggerhappy are good things to try

the linksys should not be the problem tho i will check it if i have the time

 

[rover2341]

There should be a way to slim down your windows settings, at least well your playing war craft you can turn these down. that should help Alot.

 

[idk_a_name]

There should be a way to slim down your windows settings, at least well your playing war craft you can turn these down. that should help Alot.

I'm new to the the vista, so I wouldn't know how to do that

 

[rover2341]

This Shows you how to Make them max settings, but i am when you click max settings, there will be a option right next to it saying minimum or best preforming or something.

Who cares what windows looks like when your playing warcraft 3?

Site that should solve probelm. If not msg again and ill find one with pictures lol.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/i...FWdHlk8jzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20080208163736AAaS7nb

If this solves your problem...then + rep for me. Then ill go "Ya Ya more Rep"

 

[TriggerHappy]

oh yea. also set your computers resolution to the lowest.

 

[Slapshot136]

isnt ATI radeon 3200 not really a card but an integrated chipset for the AMD 700 series? im pretty sure vista has a requirement of having a decent graphics card (i think it's 256 mb of memory min for aero and/or gameing)..

EDIT: confirmed, you dont have a graphics card (for $700 i think u got ripped off), but you should check and see if you have room on your motherboard for a graphics card and id suggest buying one... check what kind of open slots you have on your motherboard first tho and make sure you buy for that type