Why so much lag?Follow

512mb of RAM is a minimum requirement.....that is where your chugging is coming from. I can't even run the game with 486mb free on my laptop. Upgrade your memory at leaset 128 mb it will make a huge difference. but you should have about a gig for the smoothest results. I run 2 gig...I hate stutter!

1gig ram = big difference.

disable all your graphic settings by clicking on OPTIONS instead of PLAY on the launch screen then push O in game and disable all of those ones too

Lag also depends on your internet connection, traffic on the server, any scripts scheduled to run on said server at that time, you rigs backround processes, and any anit-viruses and firewalls. You can't blame the game for everything. Even though people go and get a gaming rig, they don't run it clean. Becaues most gaming boxes are the home computer as well so you have spyware programs scaning all info coming in as well as anti-virus doing the same thing. Firewalls and Malware removers. Then you have ISP network issues, as well as internet network issues. I have rig a little better than what you had listed, my frame rate pretty much stays at 30(which is the max) unless coming and going from starport or changing areas. Then it lags a bit loading the terrian and buildings, but that has improved simce the house packing started. So if you are experiencing problems you might wanna check your rig as well as rippin the game. Disable some of those backround processes that might help. Run some trace routes and see if there is a slow down on your network...the first 6 hops are all your ISP for the most part. I have always read how people complaining about lag...I yet to see any that really crushes my system other than the spammers right outside of the starports but I have an interesting fix for that...the iggy box...what a wonderful feature.

Edited, Jul 4th 2007 12:10am by Azrielis