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    Starcraft 2 lag

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by dchambz, Apr 8, 2011.

  1. dchambz

    dchambz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Recently when I've been playing starcraft online the game just randomly lags hard for a minute or so and then goes back to normal. this has started to happen multiple times during game and its extremely hard to play cuz it really lags hard. im pretty sure its not my internet because I use my school's network. Any ideas of how i should set my graphics settings and all would be great im running mostly on medium. Thanks

    My computer:
    Dell studio XPS 1645
    Intel i7 processor
    4gb RAM
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
     
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    when is the lag happening? if its during a huge fight lower the settings, but since your res is mostly likely 1366*768 high to medium settings is ok.

    if its randomly happening its your internet connection.
     
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    it usually randomly happens throughout a game but it also does it while playing campaign.
     
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    stop all the unnecessary programs in the background and lower the settings
     
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  5. Kevin

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    Put every setting on low, to see if it still happens.

    Report back to us.
     
    Kevin, Apr 8, 2011
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    I always exit out of everything before running starcraft. I put everything on low and it runs way smoother
     
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    Hey man this happened to me a couple of times too with my new labtop. You have to watch out for anything that updates or that windows backup thing. So say you have MSE, when it updates when ur in a game u will lag ... HARD.
     
    Wevo, Apr 9, 2011
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    Then your GPU was choking at the higher settings. Mystery might be solved.
     
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    so now i always have to play on low?

    My xps also gets extremely hot even though it has good ventilation being lifted by its battery and all. I read that if the system gets too hot it throttles down and that could be the cause.
     
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    Okay. Run HWMonitor in the background, while you play. Then we'll know how high the temps are.

    It very well could be throttling.
     
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    how would i post all the temps that the hwmonitor gave me? sorry noob lol
     
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    Just type the max temp is fine.
     
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    umm where it says TZ01 the max is 82C
     
    dchambz, Apr 10, 2011
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    Click the HWMonitor window. Press Alt + Print Screen keys. Paste into Paint and save a jpg. Upload to NBR (click the paperclip) or just use something like imageshack or imgur and then post it here. like this.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Those temperatures aren't bad. Maybe running a little close to hot side, but under 80 is fine. Under 80-90 is acceptable. Over 90 is reason for concern.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 10, 2011
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