Shoutbox

Well my friend has counter strike source and he complains to me everyday that he cant play it because its so laggy. All his other games work fine! he asked me to make this thread..

Well do you guys know whats causing his lag in counter strike? Or what might cause it?
Thanks

Well, tell him to try and set all the graphic options to "Low", so the system takes less time to render...
Also, when he bought the game, there should be an insturction book that should say the system requierements...
Does he meet them?

he says its only for multiplayer

How fast is his internet connection.
And what are his system specs?

Yeah its probably his internet connection speed which would be causing the lag, especially if he has lots of programs running at the same time

but all other programs work great on his internet connection.. why should this differ?

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Originally posted by Hobbes
but all other programs work great on his internet connection.. why should this differ?

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Then perhaps his computer isnt powerful enough to play CS: S on the settings he's on

Does he have a router? If so then the right ports are prob. not open.

well he just got a new computer a couple weeks ago. Ive seen it. It has 1000 ram and more then 2 ghz. Its not intel though. I forgot what it was. Something AMD i think.
I think he played with a setting. But which one

Verify these :

• Graphical Options (Set them to Low)
  
• The internet Connection Speed
  
• The Ram that other Porgrams are eating
  
• PC Specs
  
• The location of the servers he plays(yep, like i'm from portugal, if i play in a australian server(per example) i will get more lag then an australian..)get my idea?