Mysterious Lag????

[KhaoticOne]

I just built a new computer and pluged it into a 27" LCD everything works great except for some lag during most of my games, granted my graphics card isnt the best but is it the size of the screen thats causing the problems? I didnt have these problems before with a smaller screen. Just wondering if i could get alittle clarification on what the problem is. Most likely the graphics card but i dont know that for sure. I was talking with someone at work and they mentioned something about installing monitor drives? Not sure but any help would be great.

TV:
http://tv.rca.com/en-US/ModelDetail.html?MN=L26W11&nav=BySize&PC=BySizeMedium

ASUS, A8N-E,nForce4 Ultra
AMD Athlon 4000+ 2.4GHz
Crucial 2Gm RAM
eVGA e-GeForce 6600GT, 128MB ( yeah i know 128 bo!)
74GB WD raptor Harddrive

 

[angry_ducky]

Simple, get a better gfx card as prozac said.
At 1366 x 768(under DVI) with all quality setting pushed to the max in modern games a cheap 7800GT will do(slighly overkill actually).

Also update all your drivers and BIOS to the latest. [/per usual]

The cheapest 7800GT is $290; a terrible value next to a $300 7900GT. A 7600GT or X1800GTO would be nice.

 

[jap0nes]

it could be your monitor's 16ms response time...

before buying another video card like others said, try to low you game settings to 640x480 low quality and see if the lag is still there...

but do like they said and update your drivers

 

[KhaoticOne]

I tried lowering the rez. but my tv reads OUT OF RANGE on a good 80% of the rez. and the few that i can alter it doesnt help.

 

[jap0nes]

well, try to set minimum quality with your tv's native resolution.. no AA, no AF, no nothing but at your tv's resolution

 

[KhaoticOne]

IT fixes the lag on some of my games but the higher end games are still laggy no one enjoys playing an MMO that lags at the weirdest times

 

[jap0nes]

ok... what resolution are you running now? and what resolution you used to play before? what games get slow, which ones doesnt?

 

[KhaoticOne]

Dawn of War doesnt lag anymore and i set the rez to 600X800
all the rest of my games still lag from time to time: Guildwars, Dungeons and Dragons, and Warcraft III

 

[chuckshissle]

Having a 27" widescreen high-definition LCD monitor should be match with a good card like the 7900GT or GTX in that way you can run its' native or recommended resolution. Otherwise a slow performing card with the monitors native resolution would not be able to handle it during gaming. Dawn of War at 600x800 reslolution 8O, I wonder how visible those ugly jagged edgies and thats another reason for you to get a good card is the size of the screen. Meaning that the bigger the picture, the more visible the jagged edges/aliasing and it's not pretty. Again a good card with outstanding performance should be able to run at higher resolution with at least 4xAA to smoothen out the visuals.

So big screen means you need big graphics card(s) to run it nice and smooth.

 

[pauldh]

My vote goes for a X1800XT. Alot more gaming power, Avivo for your HDTV and they start at $260 now.

 

[jap0nes]

warcraft III lags on a 6600GT at 800x600? that's weird... well, try to update your graphics drivers... if it cant help, you'll have to change your card, as it cant handle the resolutions supported by your monitor