- Oct 2, 2011
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Hi there guys, I'm hoping this is in the right area, apologies if its not!
Basically I've just finished putting together a small build for my partner and we're having a couple of issues. There seems to be a fair bit of mouse lag on the couple of games we've tested the system on and I'm not sure whether its an issue with the integrated graphics, the games or something else due to it only really appearing on the menus. Everything else seems to run smoothly - she did complain that chrome was slow at one point but after replicating what she was doing and with as many tabs running as I could, there didn't seem to be any issue.
Here's the specs:
i5 4570 @ 3.2Ghz (with HD 4600 integrated gfx)
Asus B85M-G Mobo
8GB RAM
Antec Earthwatts 380W
Win 7 64bit
On The Sims 2, LA Noire and occasionally Audiosurf we're getting some pretty noticeable mouse lag in the menus but rarely in-game. LA Noire is actually pretty stable with medium gfx and 1368 resolution (which surprised me), but the mouse lag in the main menu is very noticeable.
Sims 2 has some issues with textures popping up combined with weird jaggy splashes of colour/graphical glitch when the camera is moved (apologies for the description, have no idea how to describe it). Mouse lag is pretty universal, though more noticeable once you're in a house. Its not unplayable but certainly annoying.
Audiosurf runs fine most of the time though it has some lag on the menus every now and then.
Finally, Starcraft 2 had some issues, but after lowering the settings it seems to have resolved itself, might need to run it for longer to double check however.
Everything points to the HD 4600 not being up to stuff but LA Noire remains the anomaly considering how well it runs in game. Why is it running that ok but not The Sims? Its an old game but my own build is running a 560Ti and has no lag or graphical glitches so is it driver/support related? Both mouse and graphic drivers are up to date and I've plugged my own mouse in on the off-chance that its mouse related but the issue remains. CPU reaches 50 degrees max when running these games, and the load itself usually stays around 20-40% and 1-5% when idle so it can't be a bottlenecked processor. I'm totally out of ideas here guys, any help?
Basically I've just finished putting together a small build for my partner and we're having a couple of issues. There seems to be a fair bit of mouse lag on the couple of games we've tested the system on and I'm not sure whether its an issue with the integrated graphics, the games or something else due to it only really appearing on the menus. Everything else seems to run smoothly - she did complain that chrome was slow at one point but after replicating what she was doing and with as many tabs running as I could, there didn't seem to be any issue.
Here's the specs:
i5 4570 @ 3.2Ghz (with HD 4600 integrated gfx)
Asus B85M-G Mobo
8GB RAM
Antec Earthwatts 380W
Win 7 64bit
On The Sims 2, LA Noire and occasionally Audiosurf we're getting some pretty noticeable mouse lag in the menus but rarely in-game. LA Noire is actually pretty stable with medium gfx and 1368 resolution (which surprised me), but the mouse lag in the main menu is very noticeable.
Sims 2 has some issues with textures popping up combined with weird jaggy splashes of colour/graphical glitch when the camera is moved (apologies for the description, have no idea how to describe it). Mouse lag is pretty universal, though more noticeable once you're in a house. Its not unplayable but certainly annoying.
Audiosurf runs fine most of the time though it has some lag on the menus every now and then.
Finally, Starcraft 2 had some issues, but after lowering the settings it seems to have resolved itself, might need to run it for longer to double check however.
Everything points to the HD 4600 not being up to stuff but LA Noire remains the anomaly considering how well it runs in game. Why is it running that ok but not The Sims? Its an old game but my own build is running a 560Ti and has no lag or graphical glitches so is it driver/support related? Both mouse and graphic drivers are up to date and I've plugged my own mouse in on the off-chance that its mouse related but the issue remains. CPU reaches 50 degrees max when running these games, and the load itself usually stays around 20-40% and 1-5% when idle so it can't be a bottlenecked processor. I'm totally out of ideas here guys, any help?
I did think the graphics were to blame, and like you said, I was going to pop in the 560 to make sure if it wasn't for the PSU. 
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