Lag?

[Jasieboii]

Sup guys, really hope someone could help me..
Ive recently started playing again after about a 2month break but since ive been back ive noticed im lagging really bad in game especially on the strip.. I never had a problem with lag before and its really bugging me..
Has anyone any ideas why or has a similar problem?
My pings normally bout 90 and im from the UK if for any reason thatll help?!

 

[dannymc18]

It'd be graphics, not internet.  Turn down your settings in-game.

[Jasieboii]

It'd be graphics, not internet.  Turn down your settings in-game.

Tryed that with no joy.. And if that is the case  how comes ive never had problems with lag before?

[dannymc18]

Various reasons.  Memory leaks in windows.  Bad hard drives.  Bad hard drive optimisation.  New background processes.  Badgers.

[dugi]

Badgers.

[Bloodst3r]

try to turn of ur firewall, anit-virus all kinds of protection programs, sometimes it matters alot

[dugi]

And what are your computer specs? Did you install anything lately?

[â–ºBuRNZâ„¢]

i had that problem to

[Jasieboii]

Thanks for help so far..

Ive tryed everything I can think of..
Ive turnt off firewall and anti-virus with no change to game..
Ive tryed going though my processes..
Ive turnt settings right down in..
restarted PC..
I also dont lag in other games or elsewhere..

Im a little confussed as to why its got so bad now..

Whats Badgers?
Whats a memory leak??

[Jasieboii]

Ive installed nothing that I can think would effect gameplay..

As for my specs they are as follows:
(nothing special but I doubt its the worst, also have I mentioned ive never had this problem till recently) 

System   
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  Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
  Model Compaq Presario CQ50 Notebook PC
  Total amount of system memory 2.00 GB RAM
  System type 32-bit operating system
  Number of processor cores 2
  64-bit capable Yes
 
Storage   
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  Total size of hard disk(s) 782 GB
  Disk partition (C:) 83 GB Free (177 GB Total) - game installed to this
  (Also have 600 GB portable harddrive)
 
Graphics   
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  Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
  Total available graphics memory 895 MB
        Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
        Dedicated system memory 0 MB
        Shared system memory 639 MB
  Primary monitor resolution 1280x768
  DirectX version DirectX 10
 

[dannymc18]

Whats Badgers?

Badgers are a common cause of many unknown computer problems.  It's why most businesses dealing with computers (including the likes of Microsoft and Dell) frequently make use of the following sign:

Whats a memory leak??

In computer science, a memory leak is a particular type of unintentional memory consumption by a computer program where the program fails to release memory when no longer needed. This condition is normally the result of a bug in a program that prevents it from freeing up memory that it no longer needs.

So you wont be able to use as much memory as you think you should be able to, hence lag.

[Jasieboii]

Whats Badgers?

Badgers are a common cause of many unknown computer problems.  It's why most businesses dealing with computers (including the likes of Microsoft and Dell) frequently make use of the following sign:

Whats a memory leak??

In computer science, a memory leak is a particular type of unintentional memory consumption by a computer program where the program fails to release memory when no longer needed. This condition is normally the result of a bug in a program that prevents it from freeing up memory that it no longer needs.

So you wont be able to use as much memory as you think you should be able to, hence lag.

Badgers, so I have a problem with lil black and white creatures in my system!!
So if you was a simpleton how would you go about finding out if you had a memory leak?

[dannymc18]

Everyone gets them.  It's a good idea to reinstall Windows at least every year or so.

[dugi]

Well you should try using the sa-mp version which uses less memory, check this link for more information: http://forum.sa-mp.com/index.php?topic=90768.0

[Jasieboii]

I hate reinstalling windows, such a big job, plus I havnt quite had this a year yet..

EDIT..

Wow.. Thanks dugi, just jumped in game and thats done the job for now, im not even lagging under the admins roof and thats where it was worst trying to get into that damn casino.. It looks an plays no diffrent but not sure this working is a good thing..

So I take my defensiveness back, must be my end.. ima have to look into this and find out whats slowing my system down because now when I think of it things have got progressively slower..

ARRRH I HATEEE VISTA..