Vista - Why does every game I play on Vista Home Basic lag?

**fadedrs** · 06-26-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by AstaLaVista

Here are the specs of your PC... link below

HP Pavilion a6683w Desktop PC*-* Product Specifications*

I don't know much (anything really) about AMD or ATI but I do believe that the Sempron from AMD is like the Celeron from Intel, great workforce CPUs but not really ment for anything else, let alone gaming.

Aside from that, you have a cheesy PSU (Power Supply) and an even cheesier integrated video card so you are just lucky you can play a game.

Frankly, I don't even suggest you spending any money on a better PCIe video card since I doubt your PSU will be able to move it.

Sorry, don't mean to be so harsh or put you in a down mood, just stating the facts and the obvious. My suggestion is to save some $$$ and build your own rig next time... we will be glad to help you

Updating your drivers and doing a windows update + defaging your hdd might help a bit though

the semprom is before the athlon (basically a work cpu) but you can run some games on it, value end cpu.

all HP's come with CRAP for psu's easy fix though. Buy a better one.

the only real problem with this motherboard is the fact that it is a AMD cpu but a cheap Nvidia chipset for video, and not ATI ( AMD and ATI work really well together).

Some PCI-E cards have really gone down in price like my card you can get for under $100 now.

but if you know how to build a custom rig, you can take parts from your HP machince and put them into your new rig and save some $

**stoneys-nutz** · 06-26-2009

Hello mike 2914,
If you want to play games on this system go for it, try some of the older games, there are hundreds of great games you can play, (cheaper to buy too) the older games will not be as heavy on your system resource's and although the eye candy won't be as good you will still have a good gaming experience.
Just my two bobs worth.

PS. Check my post here, the same will apply to you. Good luck.

Lag with Day of Defeat....no source

06-26-2009	#11 (permalink)
fadedrs Vista Ultimate X64, Windows 7 X64, XP Pro X64, Vista Home Premium X86 695 posts	Re: Why does every game I play on Vista Home Basic lag? Quote: Originally Posted by AstaLaVista Here are the specs of your PC... link below HP Pavilion a6683w Desktop PC- Product Specifications* I don't know much (anything really) about AMD or ATI but I do believe that the Sempron from AMD is like the Celeron from Intel, great workforce CPUs but not really ment for anything else, let alone gaming. Aside from that, you have a cheesy PSU (Power Supply) and an even cheesier integrated video card so you are just lucky you can play a game. Frankly, I don't even suggest you spending any money on a better PCIe video card since I doubt your PSU will be able to move it. Sorry, don't mean to be so harsh or put you in a down mood, just stating the facts and the obvious. My suggestion is to save some $$$ and build your own rig next time... we will be glad to help you Updating your drivers and doing a windows update + defaging your hdd might help a bit though the semprom is before the athlon (basically a work cpu) but you can run some games on it, value end cpu. all HP's come with CRAP for psu's easy fix though. Buy a better one. the only real problem with this motherboard is the fact that it is a AMD cpu but a cheap Nvidia chipset for video, and not ATI ( AMD and ATI work really well together). Some PCI-E cards have really gone down in price like my card you can get for under $100 now. but if you know how to build a custom rig, you can take parts from your HP machince and put them into your new rig and save some $
My System Specs

06-26-2009	#12 (permalink)
stoneys-nutz Vista Ultimate x64, SP2 1,503 posts	Re: Why does every game I play on Vista Home Basic lag? Hello mike 2914, If you want to play games on this system go for it, try some of the older games, there are hundreds of great games you can play, (cheaper to buy too) the older games will not be as heavy on your system resource's and although the eye candy won't be as good you will still have a good gaming experience. Just my two bobs worth. PS. Check my post here, the same will apply to you. Good luck. Lag with Day of Defeat....no source Last edited by stoneys-nutz; 06-26-2009 at 07:08 AM..
My System Specs

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