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Why Does My Laptop Lag When I Play Games And Watch Certain Videos?

By wow Posted in: World of Warcraft

Alright, so my Laptop is about 7 months old, and has been working fine up until a month ago.
I used to do some light gaming, playing: World of Warcraft, Age of Empires III, that sort of thing. My laptop could handle it NO problem. But for some odd reason, I will be playing a game, and it will be fine. For about 2 minutes, then it lags for about 1 minute, and then it’s fine again… I have been using: Advanced System Care 5 (Paid for), CCleaner, I have tried everything. Turning on: “High Performance” on the power options menu, I have changed the visual options for best performance, and I even bought “Game Booster!” And nothing works! I am starting to get angry…. Any help will be appreciated, thank you in advance.
-Kev

  1. Snitch Says

    Run Windows Update and see if it finds a graphics driver update.
    Type dxdiag in start/search for more info.
    Uninstall Game Booster. At least until you get things fixed. (It’s a placebo gimmick anyway.)
    Advanced System Care is ok, but you should try doing these maintenance steps yourself so they get done right.
    Tune-Up and Clean-Up
    First Ccleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
    Then Malwarebytes http://malwarebytes.org
    <><><><><>
    Run Error Checking
    Right click on C: in (My) Computer
    Properties
    Tools
    Check box for Error Checking
    Reboot
    <><><><><>
    Run Disk Cleanup
    Right click on C: in (My) Computer
    Properties
    Disk Cleanup button
    After it Calculates how much space you can recover,
    Click on the More Options Tab then
    System Restore Cleanup Button (this can recover a lot of space)
    Windows 7
    Clean up System Files Button
    More Options
    Clean up under System Restore and Shadow Copies
    <><><><><>
    Control Panel
    Add/Remove Programs
    Look at Programs you no longer use and uninstall them. ie Trialware and programs you installed but don’t use anymore.
    (Don’t if not sure – windows will say you have not used it in a while but it may be an important program)
    <><><><><>
    Right click on C: in (My) Computer
    Properties
    Tools
    Disk Defragment
    If all else fails, copy your important files and do a Factory Restore.

  2. Crazyace Says

    You could have a failing hard drive. Make sure to run tests on your computer. If you have a Dell, In order to run Dell Diagnostics you will need to do the following:
    - Restart or Turn on the system with the issue.
    - Press [F12] at the Dell Logo.
    - Then you will be at the [One Time Boot Menu]
    - Look for [Diagnostics] or [Utility Partition]
    - You will need to use the [Up Arrow] or [Down Arrow] to highlight one of the options that you see and press [Enter]
    - After you press [Enter], you will need to follow the on screen instructions.

  3. Onigiri Chua Says

    upgrade ur laptop’s memory and video card.ü

  4. sameer Says

    To play AoE or high graphical game u need to up grade ur video graphic ,go for nvidia 1gb . Cost Rs 1250/-(Apox)

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