dmjalz Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 can i ask what is the cause when a PC lag? coz my pc always lag... anytime.. or when i play games or watching youtube.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl@y3D for my n@me Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 A lagging PC could be caused by many things. If it tends to lag when you go on youtube or play games, my bet is on the processor. They are both rather processor-intensive activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 A lagging PC could be caused by many things. If it tends to lag when you go on youtube or play games, my bet is on the processor. They are both rather processor-intensive activities.Depending on the parts he has, his video card or the amount of system memory could equally be responsible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalz Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 i tried my PCI parts in other PC and it works fine.. it only lag in my PC... i have ASUS TUSL2-C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 It's simply because it is a very old pc...512 megs max ram?What OS are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl@y3D for my n@me Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 It's simply because it is a very old pc...512 megs max ram?What OS are you using?Check the thread title. I'd like to ask the original topic poster to post his system specs, such as RAM, processor (and speed) and video card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 It's simply because it is a very old pc...512 megs max ram?What OS are you using?Check the thread title. I'd like to ask the original topic poster to post his system specs, such as RAM, processor (and speed) and video card.Oops I must have not had my glasses on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 From his other threads, it looks like he's using an old P3-era Celeron with 384MB RAM, a GeForce 2 MX 400, and a DVD drive that won't read DVDs anymore... Need I say more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl@y3D for my n@me Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 From his other threads, it looks like he's using an old P3-era Celeron with 384MB RAM, a GeForce 2 MX 400, and a DVD drive that won't read DVDs anymore... Need I say more?Processor will definitely be the problem for youtube then. Graphics card, processor and RAM are equally responsible for poor gaming performance and any kind of lag.No offence or anything, but isn't it a bit obvious why your system is running slowly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Considering the Intel Atom netbooks with the lowly Intel video can hardly run Youtube videos, it's not surprising this guy's box lags on video especially - that GeForce MX has about as much guts as a disemboweled zombie.As to the "anytime" lag comment, we'd need to know more. If the box is slow to bring up things like the start menu, or open apps, etc - then we'll need to really know more about what's going on. If the problems are limited to games and videos, this would not be a surprise. A decent graphics card and bumping the RAM to ~512MB or more should fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalz Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 so.. whats ur best suggestion?do i need to change my processor? or ill just have to buy a new motherboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 New processor (and video card for games) would solve this. However, any newer CPU won't fit on that ancient socket 370 board. And that DVD drive you have needs replacing too.And if you go for anything modern (as in new parts or recent stuff) then the RAM definitely won't work, the old power supply won't either and so on (basically you'd have to buy a whole new PC). Around here you can easily find 2nd hand PCs (old P4's) that run circles around this one for free...You're very much overdue for a big upgrade.If that puts it in perspective, that particular CPU you have scores 173 in the passmark test. There are CPUs out who score over 8000 on this test. There are basic $50 CPUs that score 1500 and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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