Loading...
  OR  Zero-K Name:    Password:   

Lag pikes

4 posts, 458 views
Post comment
Filter:    Player:  
sort
Anyone have problems with massive lag pikes when cpu and ping both suddenly becomes red and looby/spring freezes for several seconds? Some games there are no such problema but in some there is. One game can ran smootly but next one is unplayable because of lag pikes or they start appear after midgame while game start is ok. I never had such problem before, they appeared after last update. Its not just wooden PC problem. And i don't have old outdated graphic draivers. Also i switched off my Avast shields and no other programmas in background running.
+1 / -0


3 years ago
Try fiddling with Network Connection, Smooth Buffer and GC Rate in Settings -> Game in the main menu.
+1 / -0
3 years ago
when the game lags the cpu has to catch up and it sort of gets choppy.. network lag is a big thing i have like 300+ ping and its fine but more might become unplayable
+0 / -0
This is very late and sample size = 1, but I've experienced much better performance (framerate closer to 60 and smoother scrolling/inputs) after setting GC rate down to Very Fast from Recommended. Going back to Very Slow tanked performance even in a 1v1 against the AI.

I don't know how well this generalizes on other machines/widget configurations though (this is on a Win 10 machine with 16gb of slow laptop memory and no memory pressure), but I can vouch that experimenting with the GC rate might be beneficial if you experience frequent frame drops like I was.
+0 / -0