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Gaming performance slowing.
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:33 am
by Lozza
I am currently getting really bad performance on my games! Everytime I play a game such as GTA IV it really lags! I have about 25 games installed? Can having lots a games slow down your performace? I went on youtube and searched 'gta IV gts250' and for the people on youtube they have perfect smooth gaming?
Specs:
4gb RAM ddr3
Gts 250
500 hdd
Re: Gaming performance slowing.
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:05 am
by kinetosimpetus
Hard Drive Free Space?
SWBF2 has slowed way down for me when my hard drive had only a couple GB free space. Unless you play all those games, I would remove a few. Then defrag the drive.
Re: Gaming performance slowing.
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:42 pm
by 501st_commander
kinetosimpetus wrote:Hard Drive Free Space?
SWBF2 has slowed way down for me when my hard drive had only a couple GB free space. Unless you play all those games, I would remove a few. Then defrag the drive.
2gb free O.o
windows needs 15gb free to run properly..
Whats running when you play games?
Re: Gaming performance slowing.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:38 am
by Lozza
Well my performance has improved by uninstalling about 8 games. Will I have even better performance if I defrag, I heard it takes a long time to defrag?
Re: Gaming performance slowing.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 9:06 am
by kinetosimpetus
Lozza wrote:Well my performance has improved by uninstalling about 8 games. Will I have even better performance if I defrag, I heard it takes a long time to defrag?
Possibly for the first, and probably for the second.
Re: Gaming performance slowing.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:24 am
by Teancum
501st_commander wrote:windows needs 15gb free to run properly..
Correction: Vista and 7 need 15gb free. XP only needs a fraction of that.
Re: Gaming performance slowing.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:49 pm
by 501st_commander
Teancum wrote:501st_commander wrote:windows needs 15gb free to run properly..
Correction: Vista and 7 need 15gb free. XP only needs a fraction of that.
my bad...
Re: Gaming performance slowing.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:22 pm
by Dohnutt
There are a bunch of patches for GTA IV. The unpatched game will lag insanely on any PC.
Re: Gaming performance slowing.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:26 pm
by Teancum
501st_commander wrote:Teancum wrote:501st_commander wrote:windows needs 15gb free to run properly..
Correction: Vista and 7 need 15gb free. XP only needs a fraction of that.
my bad...
Oh I'm just finding a place to jab ya
-- with DDR3 ram he's likely to be running Vista/7 anyway.
Re: Gaming performance slowing.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:37 am
by Lozza
Dohnutt wrote:There are a bunch of patches for GTA IV. The unpatched game will lag insanely on any PC.
I've patched to the latest version through steam, still no improvement.