Need Help With Periodic Lag

[xBubba]

**** I'd like to start off by saying that I enjoy this game. It's fun, addicting, and I like the game-play.*Anyway, I am having one problem with it. I'll be playing fine for about 10 minutes, then I experience a horrible lag for about 2 minutes. My FPS go all the way down to about 1-3 FPS. This process repeats itsself. Play perfectly fine for 10 minutes, lag for 2 mins, play for 10, lag for 2. It gets kind of annoying after a while...

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Ok, now about my laptop:


Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)

********** Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation

****** System Model: Inspiron 600m******************

************** BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A17

********* Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.70GHz

************ Memory: 512MB RAM

********* Page File: 342MB used, 904MB available

******* Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

*** DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

**** DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Card name: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000

**** Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.

******* Chip type: ATI MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 AGP (0x4C66)

******** DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)


**** I am connected to my internet via an ethernet cord which is attached to my Belking54g router. My ISP is Comcast. I get a constant 100 Mbps, even when I lag. I tried turning down all the graphic options, but I still get the periodic lag. BTW, this DOES NOT happen on some other games, but DOES happen on some....

**** If you know how to fix this, or have any ideas, please help me out, it will be greatly appreciated.


Thanks in advanced,

~Bub

[xBubba]

BTW, this happens even if i hook my laptop up at my friends, and he has Comcast also, but his home computer has no lag whatsoever.

[Trebori]

Do you have something running in the background? that might slow you down at times

[Zephius]

You're using a laptop. Expect lag. There is less cooling in a laptop then a desktop. Heat = lag.





Here is a few tips to speed you up.


Add another 512 MB of ram. You can't really do anything with under 1 GB.


Try hitting ctrl+shift+esc to open task manager and close down any processes you are not in need of.


Tone down the graphics. You don't need a pretty picture to have a good time, it just helps.

[inixis]

I honestly never knew about Ctrl+Shift+Esc..and I am rather good with computers.. I knew about Ctrl+Alt+Del..which OS did that Ctrl+Shift+Esc get introduced in?


Was it started just in XP?