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    Posted: 16 Jul 2009 at 4:10am
I use my computer to play games online. So all my stuff I have it in External hard drives that way the computer doesn't slow down. All I have in the internal drive of the computer is the operaing system and the games i play. But when I play i still have lag. Anybody can tell why and any advice as to what to buy to make the lag go away.        
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list your specs, is this a new pc or and old one? has been laging the whole time or is that something new?

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Its a AMD Phenom 9500 Quad -Core Processor with 3072 memory an a 720GB Hard drive. It has NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT Graphics cards and its running Windows Vista with service pack 2 
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Its a new computer and it lags in game when I exchange bullets with another player even though my ping is always low
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then I'm assuming its your gpu is not strong enough for your res.

what resolution are you gaming at?

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I dont know where do i find that at
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right click desktop and go to properties>settings

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it says 1440 by 900 pixels and its using 60 hertz
 I hope thats what you mean
 
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I'm guessing your poor 8500 is out matched

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so are you saying that I need to get new cards
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are your gpu drivers upto date?

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just chuck your PC out the window and buy an i7
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yes DST4ME everything is updated
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Yes sounds ugly, the 8500 is not a powerful card, it is low end at this point in time.

Problem here is based on the hardware you mention I would guess  your Power Supply is not terribly high wattage. Do you know how big your PSU is.

Upgrading the graphics card is easy, but if you have a weak power supply it severely restricts your graphics card options. The Graphics card is one of the most power hungry parts of a PC.

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how would i know what's my power supply and how to change it
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