Awful Lag
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anandus
Errorist
Not if you don't give us more information
Like the system you're playing on and what kind (and size) map you're trying to play, etc.
ShahJahanII
Homesick Alien
Yes, please give more system specs.
The problem is almost always your video card.
I play with a GTX 560, and my computer does fine on max settings, but starts to lag a bit on huge maps and late-game.
A good bet is the GTS 450, it is around 150$, may be cheaper, and does pretty well civilization V. Try lowering the graphics settings by going to Options-> Settings-> Graphics settings.
The problem is almost always your video card.
I play with a GTX 560, and my computer does fine on max settings, but starts to lag a bit on huge maps and late-game.
A good bet is the GTS 450, it is around 150$, may be cheaper, and does pretty well civilization V. Try lowering the graphics settings by going to Options-> Settings-> Graphics settings.
Yes such lagging sounds like graphics card getting hot then running inefficiently. Turn down settings if you can.
Well it can be working fine until it gets heated up then performance drops drastically. First thing to do is install the latest drivers for your graphics card. This can make a huge difference. Also not running other applications at the same time can help to stop overheating. I'm really no expert but I have suffered same problems on a laptop. Post your sytem specs in tech support if you are concerned.
civnoob13
King
It the future, please don't double (or triple!) post.
Anyway, as for your question, unfortunately game lag is very common for civ 5, even with very high-end computers. I have a HP laptop with an archaic video card (even though it isn't even a year old, HP laptops are just absolutely terrible) so I have to go to strategic view and the maximum size I can have is small/medium. Unfortunately, if your game is lagging, especially if you have a laptop, there is little to nothing you can do to speed up the game, other than playing on smaller maps, switching to the (incredibly buggy) strategic view, defragmenting your computer, or, and I know that this is out of the question for most, get a new computer.
Anyway, as for your question, unfortunately game lag is very common for civ 5, even with very high-end computers. I have a HP laptop with an archaic video card (even though it isn't even a year old, HP laptops are just absolutely terrible) so I have to go to strategic view and the maximum size I can have is small/medium. Unfortunately, if your game is lagging, especially if you have a laptop, there is little to nothing you can do to speed up the game, other than playing on smaller maps, switching to the (incredibly buggy) strategic view, defragmenting your computer, or, and I know that this is out of the question for most, get a new computer.
civnoob13
King
If I'm not mistaken you should have a defragmenter pre-installed. Go into 'start' and type defragmenter in the search and you should find something. However, unless your computer is quite full it won't make much of a difference.
I guess you can do a driver search here. Option 2 will scan your system and find the right model apparently.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
This can make things better maybe.
You might still need to run in low settings (it's not that different anyway).
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
This can make things better maybe.
You might still need to run in low settings (it's not that different anyway).
ShahJahanII
Homesick Alien
Never played on a Nvidia 9600, but I do believe the 9800 is recomended.
ShahJahanII
Homesick Alien
Listen here, the first number in the card name is the version of the card, the second is the strength of the card, there isn't much difference between 7500 and 9500.