Having unbearable lag running Source games

Technology and Gaming Help and Support
#1

I have recently picked up playing TF2 again and found that I cannot play through the lag im experiencing, but its not the common lag i run into.

I will play for around 5 minutes with no problems, and then all of a sudden everything around me starts to get extremely choppy. My FPS is high and my ping is low.

Can your computer even handle TF2 noob? Yes…

Have you tried turning down your graphics settings in-game? Yes, still lags

Have you tried playing at a different resolution? Yes, tried both 1600x900 and 1920x1080. No luck.

Have you tried reinstalling and updating TF2 and steam? Yes

Have you tried running another game besides TF2 to rule out it being an internet problem? Yes, I run Portal 1 and the same thing occurs.

Have you tried updating your drivers? Yes, all of my drivers are up to date.

Do you have a firewall or Anti-virus running? No

Are you running alot of programs while playing? No

The lag im experiencing is similar to playing in slow motion…

I have more than enough power to run a game like TF2, so I am really stumped here. Someone HELP! :’(

#2

multicore rendering or some bullshit like that
turn it off

#3

HAXXORZ
or Steam just sucks. Occasionally I would find Steam to be idiotically slow at times.

#4

I went into the advanced options and turned it off. No luck :meh:

#5

It’s possible your system is overheating. Try finding a program that monitors the computer’s temp.

#6

contact steam support

#7

Pry the dried corn niblets out of your CPU

#8

Get that poptarts stash out of there. I know computers become hot, but that is just ridiculous.

#9

Laughed my ass off.

#10

9400GT@1600x900? Fuck that, I have graphics lag issues at 1280x1024 running dual 9500GT’s.
Anyway, on to what you’re asking about, if it starts lagging after a while of playing, find something to watch the your system temperatures.

#11

Thanks guys. This was the advice I needed!

I haven’t given the inside of my computer a good cleaning and the graphics fan was clogged and overheating it.

Now its all clean and back to normal. :slight_smile:

Thanks again. I hope to poke around here a little more, seems like a chill place.

#12

Wait, wat? WE ACTUALLY HELPED SOMEONE?

#13

New points total.

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#14

Where did you find this?

I want to check my pc too.

#15

https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/

#16

Wow. That’s in stark contrast to the usual,

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#17

Be careful though. I’ve had this site be wrong on multiple occasions.

#18

OT.

#19

In what way were they wrong? Did they underestimated or overestimated your computer to be able/unable to play a game?

#20

I’ve had it say I’ve had less than 1GB of vram when I have one for my desktop and say I’ve had 3GBs of vram on my laptop when I have 1 or less. That’s just off the top of my head.

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