FPS Lag at 1920x1080 - GTX 460M

[exosafe]

Alright so I was trying to play Arctic Combat (fps) on 1920x1080 earlier and I was experiencing a lot of fps lag. The gameplay wasn't smooth at all. The graphics settings in game are all set to low but I still get major fps lag at that resolution.

My specs are
Core i7 2630 2.0 ghz
8GB DDR2
GTX 460M 1.5 GB Dedicated
Windows 7
Screen resolution 1920x1080

I have checked and my drivers are all updated to the latest version. I know that my specs are decent and this game is not like crysis, farcry etc and my system should be able to handle it at 1920x1080 on low settings. I shutdown most of the other non useful programs when I play the game.

I have also tried it at 1600x900 and that worked pretty well, still some fps lag every now and then. 1280x720 seems the only (16:9) resolution where I don't get any fps lag.

Any pointers that could help me solve my problem would be very much appreciated.

 

[warhead0]

The higher the resolution, the more VRAM required and it also means the GPU needs a more horse power.

Your GPU will start to stutter at a 1920x1080 resolution simply because it's lacking the power to draw in the resolution.

Your GPU is a little too slow to run that resolution, there's almost nothing you can do about it except run at lower resolutions.

 

[toyftw]

Alright so I was trying to play Arctic Combat (fps) on 1920x1080 earlier and I was experiencing a lot of fps lag. The gameplay wasn't smooth at all. The graphics settings in game are all set to low but I still get major fps lag at that resolution.

My specs are
Core i7 2630 2.0 ghz
8GB DDR2
GTX 460M 1.5 GB Dedicated
Windows 7
Screen resolution 1920x1080

I have checked and my drivers are all updated to the latest version. I know that my specs are decent and this game is not like crysis, farcry etc and my system should be able to handle it at 1920x1080 on low settings. I shutdown most of the other non useful programs when I play the game.

I have also tried it at 1600x900 and that worked pretty well, still some fps lag every now and then. 1280x720 seems the only (16:9) resolution where I don't get any fps lag.

Any pointers that could help me solve my problem would be very much appreciated.

Hi - as warhead pointed out, your only option for better
performance at 1920x1080 is to upgrade your gpu,
and given the card you have, upgrading is prob
going to be $200 or so for noticeable improvement.