Weird annoying lag in most video games

night106 · Oct 28, 2025

I am unable to tell what this lag is related to i can't play games normally i don't know if it is GPU related or WIFI . I've reinstalled nvidia drivers and the problem still persisted
OS: Windows 11 Home
GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4060
Ram: 16GB
System Type: x64-based PC

SlicEnDicE · Oct 28, 2025

Looks to me that you have VRAM corruptions. Is your GPU overheating or just overclocked??

night106 · Oct 28, 2025

Not all GPU is normal and not overclocked I had this laptop since like 7 months or so now, What should i do for the VRAM?

retiredat44 · Oct 28, 2025

make sure logging is not on. Adjust video card settings if set too high.

SlicEnDicE · Oct 28, 2025

night106 said:
Not all GPU is normal and not overclocked I had this laptop since like 7 months or so now, What should i do for the VRAM?

Start by checking your CPU and GPU temps during gaming. Too high and you get thermal throttling. You can remedy this by lifting the back of the computer slightly so there's more airflow. Also ensure there's no dust in the air vents. Proper and regular cleaning will help also. And as a third option get a laptop cooling pad.

Is this a Lenovo LOC computer?

night106 · Oct 28, 2025

SlicEnDicE said:
Start by checking your CPU and GPU temps during gaming. Too high and you get thermal throttling. You can remedy this by lifting the back of the computer slightly so there's more airflow. Also ensure there's no dust in the air vents. Proper and regular cleaning will help also. And as a third option get a laptop cooling pad.

Is this a Lenovo LOC computer?

I regularly keep the laptop clean and the temperatures are fine i don't feel heat more likely cool It's LOQ15arp9 laptop lenovo model , also one more thing that i experience is also getting kicked from the servers so it could be an internet issue. Also should i use Throttlestop to adjust gpu?

night106 · Oct 28, 2025

retiredat44 said:
make sure logging is not on. Adjust video card settings if set too high.

What is logging?

SlicEnDicE · Oct 28, 2025

night106 said:
I regularly keep the laptop clean and the temperatures are fine i don't feel heat more likely cool It's LOQ15arp9 laptop lenovo model , also one more thing that i experience is also getting kicked from the servers so it could be an internet issue. Also should i use Throttlestop to adjust gpu?

If you get kicked, then it's probably just the game. CS:GO?

night106 · Oct 28, 2025

SlicEnDicE said:
If you get kicked, then it's probably just the game. CS:GO?

It happens in other games aswell but that specific issue i recorded seems to happen in other games as well

SlicEnDicE · Oct 28, 2025

Check taskmanager that not any indexing service or other similar thing is running in the background while playing.

SlicEnDicE · Oct 28, 2025

night106 said:
LOQ15arp9

Is this the one with 24GB RAM (2 X 12GB)?

Also did this issue start suddenly? We have an Intel version of this LOC computer at home. Good device by the way. Experienced lag too, but it was caused by 3 things.
1. Indexing service was running
2. Discord gaming overlay caused some havoc with GPU rendering
3. Too little RAM (ours had only a single 12GB module)

itsme1 · Oct 28, 2025

In Counter Strike 2 (or CS:GO) play in local mode (training with bot) without an internet connection. You will know if it is the internet connection that is lagging.

Helmut · Oct 28, 2025

Visually it looks like you are trying to use model/scenery textures that are too high in quality and exceed your VRAM, that I guess would be 8 GB, lag maybe a consequence of that as well.

So go to your game settings and look to Graphics/Video > Advanced settings > Model/texture detail.
Change that to a lower setting(lower VRAM usage) they might display an indicator, if so, make sure that is maybe around the 4 GB mark/half.

Restart game, log the result that simply means writing a simple text file so you don't forget what test/game you did and the result.

It is easier if you do the adjustment experiments with an offline game, fewer variables.

Other settings may have an effect - Lower shadow quality/detail, Shader detail, possibly other settings.

night106 said:
I regularly keep the laptop clean and the temperatures are fine

But what are the temperatures, and under what conditions/load ?

SlicEnDicE · Oct 28, 2025

Good point @Helmut

There was a few games that was playing at VRAM limits on our laptop. About 7.8GB of 8. Was also causing lag and slowdowns or simply just overall bad framerates.

retiredat44 · Oct 28, 2025

I can't even use overlays and my computer isn't slow.. xbox utilities have overlays and addon stuff that will put your computer into the dirt, gotta turn all that stuff off. Don't run desktop utilities like hardware monitors...

night106 · Oct 29, 2025

SlicEnDicE said:
Is this the one with 24GB RAM (2 X 12GB)?

Also did this issue start suddenly? We have an Intel version of this LOC computer at home. Good device by the way. Experienced lag too, but it was caused by 3 things.
1. Indexing service was running
2. Discord gaming overlay caused some havoc with GPU rendering
3. Too little RAM (ours had only a single 12GB module)

It's the 16gb ram one, it's a good device absolutely so i actually did a clean re installation of windows 11 the problem still persisted in CS GO it became less but still there but some how in GTA V it's not there so i assume this is probably an internet thing

night106 · Oct 29, 2025

retiredat44 said:
I can't even use overlays and my computer isn't slow.. xbox utilities have overlays and addon stuff that will put your computer into the dirt, gotta turn all that stuff off. Don't run desktop utilities like hardware monitors...

All xbox related stuff i've unistalled from my device

night106 · Oct 29, 2025

Helmut said:
Visually it looks like you are trying to use model/scenery textures that are too high in quality and exceed your VRAM, that I guess would be 8 GB, lag maybe a consequence of that as well.

So go to your game settings and look to Graphics/Video > Advanced settings > Model/texture detail.
Change that to a lower setting(lower VRAM usage) they might display an indicator, if so, make sure that is maybe around the 4 GB mark/half.

Restart game, log the result that simply means writing a simple text file so you don't forget what test/game you did and the result.

It is easier if you do the adjustment experiments with an offline game, fewer variables.

Other settings may have an effect - Lower shadow quality/detail, Shader detail, possibly other settings.

But what are the temperatures, and under what conditions/load ?

I've done that in CS GO lowered the textures it still persisted i think this got to be an internet issue so i reinstalled win 11, also in GTA V i am using high settings but the problem isn't there so i can't really tell. And as for temperatures i'd say between 60-70 nothing higher than that

SlicEnDicE · Oct 29, 2025

Just out of curiosity, and not a long term solution. Limit FPS to 60 or 120 fps in CS:GO and see if the issue persist. As long as the FPS is something that the computer can handle with ease in all scenarios, it's a good test. Either use Steam, XBOX or nVidia FPS counter with overlay enabled. Only one at a time though.

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