Good day.
All game lovers (and non-gamers, I think too) have encountered the fact that running game started to slow down: the picture on the screen changed jerkily, twitched, sometimes it seemed that the computer was freezing (for half a second or a second). This can happen for various reasons, and it is not always so easy to determine the “culprit” of such lags ( lag - translated from English: lag, delay).
In this article, I want to dwell on the most common reasons why games start to run jerkily and slow down. And so, let's start to figure it out in order...
1. Required system characteristics games
The first thing I want to immediately draw your attention to is system requirements games and the characteristics of the computer on which they are running. The fact is that many users (based on my experience) confuse the minimum requirements with the recommended ones. An example of the minimum system requirements is usually always indicated on the game packaging (see example in Fig. 1).
Rice. 1. Minimum system requirements for Gothic 3
The recommended system requirements, most often, are either not indicated at all on the game disc, or they can be viewed during installation (in some file readme.txt). In general, today, when most computers are connected to the Internet, it is not long or difficult to find out such information :)
If the lags in the game are associated with old hardware, then, as a rule, it is quite difficult to achieve a comfortable game without updating components (but in some cases it is possible to partially correct the situation, about them below in the article).
By the way, I’m not revealing America, but replacing an old video card with a new one can significantly increase PC performance and remove slowdowns and stutters in games. A fairly good assortment of video cards is presented in the price.ua catalog - you can find the most productive video cards in Kiev (you can sort by 10 parameters using filters in the sidebar of the site. I also recommend looking at the tests before purchasing. The question about them was partially touched upon in this article: ).
2. Drivers for the video card (selecting the “needed” ones and fine-tuning them)
I probably won’t exaggerate too much when I say that the performance of the video card plays a huge role in gaming performance. And the operation of the video card depends heavily on the installed drivers.
The fact is that different driver versions can behave completely differently: sometimes old version works better than the newer one (sometimes vice versa). In my opinion, it is best to test it experimentally by downloading several versions from the manufacturer’s official website.
Regarding driver updates, I have already written several articles, I recommend reading them:
- The best programs for auto-updating drivers:
- updating Nvidia video card drivers, AMD Radeon:
- quick search drivers:
Not only the drivers themselves are important, but also their configuration. The fact is that by adjusting the graphics settings you can achieve a significant increase in the performance of the video card. Since the topic of “fine-tuning” a video card is quite extensive so as not to be repeated, I will provide links below to a couple of my articles, which tell in detail how to do this.
3. What is the processor loaded with? (removing unnecessary applications)
Often, slowdowns in games appear not because of low PC performance, but because the computer’s processor is loaded not with the game, but with extraneous tasks. The easiest way to find out which programs “eat up” how many resources is to open the task manager (key combination Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
Before starting games, it is highly advisable to close all programs that you will not need during the game: browsers, video editors, etc. This way, all PC resources will be used by the game - as a result, fewer lags and a more comfortable gaming experience.
By the way, one more important point: The processor may be loaded with non-specific programs that can be closed. In any case, if games are slow, I recommend that you take a closer look at the processor load, and if it is sometimes of an “incomprehensible” nature, I recommend that you read the article:
4. Windows OS optimization
You can slightly increase the performance of the game using optimization and Windows cleaning(by the way, not only the game itself, but also the system as a whole will run faster). But I want to warn you right away that the performance of this operation will increase quite slightly (at least in most cases).
I have a whole section on my blog dedicated to optimization and Windows settings:
Programs for cleaning your PC from “garbage”:
5. Check and setting hard disk
Game lags often occur due to work hard disk. The behavior is usually as follows:
- the game is running normally, but at a certain moment it “freezes” (as if a pause was pressed) for 0.5-1 seconds, at this moment you can hear HDD starts to make noise (especially noticeable, for example, on laptops where the hard drive is located under the keyboard) and after that the game runs normally without lags...
This happens because during idle time (for example, when the game is not loading anything from the disk), the hard drive stops, and then when the game starts accessing data from the disk, it takes time for it to start. Actually, because of this, such a characteristic “failure” most often occurs.
In Windows 7, 8, 10, to change power settings, you need to go to the control panel at:
Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options
Then in additional parameters Pay attention to how long the hard drive will be stopped after idle time. Try changing this value to a longer time (say, from 10 minutes to 2-3 hours).
6. Antivirus, firewall...
Programs to protect your information (for example, an antivirus or firewall) can also cause problems in games. For example, an antivirus may start checking files on the computer’s hard drive during a game, which will immediately “eat up” a fairly large percentage of the PC’s resources...
In my opinion, the easiest way to determine whether this is actually the case is to disable (or better yet, remove) the antivirus from your computer (temporarily!) and then try the game without it. If the brakes disappear, then the reason has been found!
If nothing helps
Tip 1: if you haven’t cleaned your computer of dust for a long time, be sure to do it. The fact is that dust clogs the ventilation holes, thereby preventing hot air from escaping from the device’s body - because of this, the temperature begins to rise, and because of it, lags with brakes may well appear (and not only in games...) .
2nd tip: it may seem strange to some, but try installing the same game, but a different version (for example, I myself encountered that the Russian-language version of the game was slow, and the English-language version worked quite normally. The problem, apparently, was at a publisher who did not optimize his “translation”).
3rd tip: It is possible that the game itself is not optimized. For example, a similar thing was observed with Civilization V - the first versions of the game were slow even on relatively powerful PCs. In this case, there is nothing left to do but wait until the manufacturers optimize the game.
Tip 4: Some games behave differently in different versions Windows (for example, they can work great in Windows XP, but slow down in Windows 8). This usually happens because game manufacturers cannot anticipate all the “features” of new versions of Windows in advance.
That’s all for me, I will be grateful for constructive additions :) Good luck!
Although the BigWorld engine used in the game provides an excellent server part, the structure of which is capable of supporting colossal loads and excludes the possibility of using classic cheats, the client part is a little lame, in particular in matters of optimization, distribution of resource use on multi-core computers, as well as graphics. But what to do if World of Tanks slows down?
First you need to understand whether your patient (computer) is alive or rather dead, look at the settings and look at the characteristics. These are the minimum system requirements recommended by the game developers themselves:
- Operating system: Windows XP /Vista /7 /8
- Processor (CPU): 2.2 GHz
- Random access memory (RAM): 1.5 GB for Windows XP, 2 GB for Windows Vista/7
- Video adapter: GeForce 6800/ ATI X800 with 256 MB memory, DirectX 9.0c
- Audio card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
- Free place on hard disk: 9 GB
- Internet connection speed: 256 Kbps
This does not mean that if your computer does not reach the minimum, the game will not run. It’s just that the greater the gap between your system parameters and these characteristics (for the worse), the more difficult it will be for you to play due to various brakes.
Let's understand the cause of the problem
Let's figure out why it may be uncomfortable to play World of Tanks. The game slows down primarily due to lack of system resources. If your funds allow it, then of course the best option It would be better to buy a new PC or at least replace the processor or add RAM (if the system allows it).
What should you pay attention to? Let's look at a few responsible pieces of hardware:
- The processor is the head of your computer
- video card - responsible for graphics
- RAM - stores temporary data in its buffer
If even one of these elements is a weak link, then you can catch the brakes. Of course, within the framework of this article we will not delve into such equally important details as the tire motherboard or video card core frequency.
Freeing up memory
We have already briefly discussed why World of Tanks slows down, now let’s get down to action.
If there is not enough video memory
This is all due to your weak video card. This deficiency can be cured by lowering the graphics quality in the game settings. You can also use the program to disable additional effects that cannot be disabled so easily in the game.
If there is not enough RAM
We need to build on what we have. If you have 2GB or less installed, then my advice to you is to buy more. RAM is not expensive now, I bought 2 sticks for 8 gigs at 1,000 rubles each, although I could have found it cheaper.
But, if this is not possible, well, we free up the operative space. First of all, even before launching the game and asking reasonable questions “what to do if World of Tanks lags,” you need to look at what programs you have running. Close everything! Browser, player, all sorts of Skype with ICQ and Quips, torrents and other programs. We're closing everything!
If this does not help, you can resort to the help of special software that frees the RAM from unused data. One of these programs is Wise Memory Optimizer, instructions for which you can watch in this video:
Additionally
Those who are experiencing problems are wondering when playing World of Tanks without comfort - why does the game freeze? If all of the above tips did not help, then you can get a little hardcore and delve into the issue of optimizing the client and your computer as a whole.
Master Yoda:
"Brakes in World of Tanks weak computer causes".
- - this material contains links to best tips and mods to improve game performance.
- - so many useful information, including a description of the program for overclocking a video card.
Is World of Tanks slow? Or do you have a weak computer? Or did you log into the game after the next update and WoT began to slow down terribly? If all this is familiar to you, but this course of events does not suit you, then read this article to the end, delving into every line of text. And, if everything is done correctly, then you will part with the game brakes forever...
So let's begin:
Why World of Tanks slows down:
First, let's check something as trivial as system requirements. I know, I know, now you start:
So, minimum system requirements for playing world of tanks:
Operating system: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10.
256 Kbps.
Processor (CPU): and here's the most interesting thing, in 2014 this figure was 2.2 GHz, in 2015 added to the numbers: "supporting SSE2 technology", A in 2016, the 2.2 GHz numbers were removed, but wrote in words "With two or more physical cores"(but as far as I know, 2 cores began to be released as soon as the processor frequency exceeded the threshold of 2.6 GHz, so we draw conclusions)
Random access memory (RAM): 1.5 GB for Windows XP, 2 GB for Windows Vista, Windows 7/8/10.
Video adapter: GeForce 6800/ ATI HD X2400 XT with 256 MB memory, DirectX 9.0c.
Audio: DirectX 9.0c compatible.
about 27 GB.
The minimum requirements are minimal because you will launch the game, but it will be difficult to play comfortably, believe me. So it is unlikely that it will be possible to remove the “brakes” and “freezes” of the client. Here you can’t do without upgrading your hardware... The parts recommended for replacement are, of course, the processor, video card and RAM...
Operating system: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 - 64-bit.
Internet connection speed: 1024 Kbps or higher (for voice chat).
Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5-3330 (for those who don’t know: 4 cores at 3 GHz are not bad).
Random access memory (RAM): 4 GB (or more).
Video adapter: GeForce GTX660 (2 GB) / Radeon HD 7850 2 GB, DirectX 9.0c.
Audio card: DirectX 9.0c compatible.
Free hard disk space:~36 GB.
The recommended requirements are certainly not exorbitant, but for old computers this is, as they say, “like walking to China” and if you are reading this article, it means that you have something in between these two characteristics. As usual, either the video is weak, or the RAM is not enough, or the percentage was inherited from someone’s hardware.
World of Tanks is slow! Well, what can you do here?
If your lags and slowdowns are due to the processor and even more so if this same processor is single-core, there’s nothing you can do about it, will have to change, well, he doesn’t “take out” the game now, although in 2014 it was still possible to play on this... alas
By the way, about how to choose good computer I wrote in the article, I recommend reading it.
Next comes random access memory (RAM). What can you do with it? Physically, of course, nothing. But you can delete it unnecessary trash, all the programs that are loaded in your tray (for those who don’t know, the tray is where the Windows clock is, usually the lower right corner). That's why you need all sorts of managers when playing (viber, mail, icq, skype, etc.) - close it! Torrent?! Definitely OFF! Not only does it “eat up” the RAM, but it also clogs the Internet channel. Next is the browser, brrrrr... Look in the manager how much Google Chrome is eating. You will be horrified! We're closing! We close the rest of the browsers (because they also consume quite a lot)! I would even close the antivirus during the game (by the way, NOD32 has a game mode that frees up a certain amount of RAM for games), and it’s not possible to completely disable any antivirus so easily.
Special aesthetes use programs like Wise Memory Optimizer, which clear memory of unused data (personally, I would not recommend using these, because I myself caught “ blue screen death" on a test computer with WinHR installed).
It's better to buy it, of course. random access memory up to a decent 4 GB, especially if you old computer then the RAM for it (DDR, DDR2) will cost mere pennies, and the comfort from it will be felt for a very, very long time. On the test machine I played on dual-channel RAMe (DDR2) 4 GB (2x2GB) and everything was fine!
Next in line for us video card.
If there is not enough video memory, then we try to remove the excess using the program WOT Tweaker downloading it for current version game client on the Internet. In the tweaker you can remove such extras. effects that cannot be disabled from the game client, such as flying dirt from under the tracks, optical effects from a burning tank, etc. But it's worth it, take my word for it!
If the fps in the game shows too little 5-10, then you can try running the client in “safe mode”: 
this will turn everything off installed mods and we can safely say that fps drops due to mods. For example, I encountered a drop in fps from a mod. I will post a video about more detailed graphics settings at the end of the article. Read on...
It happens to someone that the computer hardware is far from weak, and up to latest versions, and there’s nothing unnecessary hanging out in the tray (like a torrent), but Worl of Tanks still slows down. Then the problem is most likely with the Internet provider. Pay attention to the ping in the game, if it exceeds 50 ms, then something is wrong, either the provider is to blame, or you are running some program that requires an Internet connection to work, or your computer has a virus, such as a Trojan, that constantly sends packages via your Internet channel.
A word about 3G modems
About 3G modems(4G modems) I don’t want to talk about it here. A whole article has been written about this: . In it I explained why everything is so bad when playing via a USB modem and on which server WoT games don’t connect, the ping is still huge, sometimes up to 300 ms. One can only feel sorry for those people who, apart from 3G, do not have any Internet, and there are quite a few of them. And to say that their world of tanks is slow is to say nothing...
Well, probably the last reason for this is actually the operating system. As programmers say “windows must die”... And it’s not for nothing that they say it. While Windows was running in system registry all sorts of slag is collected, starting from old records about a long time ago remote programs and games and ending with new entries from some mail satellite, Yandex browser and, God forbid, from some virus that alone can create up to a million false registry entries in order to load the percentage to full.
So, over time, all this loads the work of the operating system itself, since it doesn’t really take long for programs to start or the same text editor It takes a very long time to open or save documents. Here you know that the end has come for Windows. And don’t expect super speeds from it, much less a comfortable game in WoT.
There are only 2 ways out. The simplest and almost painless for the brain is to remove Windows and install a new one. The second is to start a complete cleaning of the computer, not deleting necessary programs, disk defragmentation, registry cleaning. Long and tedious. But it's up to you.
Well, as promised, I’ll post it at the end of the article video from the developers themselves(by the way, many thanks to them for it) about that how to optimize graphics in World of Tanks. This video talks in detail about what fps is and what each slider in the settings is responsible for, how you can achieve an increase in fps and what it will cost.
Setting up graphics in WoT from version 1.0
And that's all for me! Many thanks to all those who made it through this article to the end! Good luck in setting up the client, you will get huge fps and no lags, so that later they won’t ask why World of Tanks is slow.
Don’t forget to share in the comments who and how defeated lags, brakes and freezes in World of Tanks. After all, your comment can help a hundred or even a thousand people!
Dear players, before asking your question, take the trouble to read all the comments, perhaps there is already an answer to it. All duplicate questions will be ignored. Thanks for understanding!
Nobody here will give you an exact answer to your question. Because in this situation there could be 1,000 reasons. It is clear that horse races also depend on Internet failures. But it could also be a problem with the computer. Here, most likely, you first need to test the computer itself. But first of all, you need to check if everything is ok with the Internet. There may also be failures due to various " technical problems".
Hello everyone, this is the Internet, and most likely my router is buggy when several computers turn on, as I understand it, your corporate Internet has a splitter (router), find and look at the bandwidth, check the Internet yourself for the speed that comes to your computer, if you have an Internet modem, then it’s definitely because of it, I used one like this for a while (Beeline) it’s rather weak, look at the ping and fps, if it’s twitching, most likely your ping is at least 100-150
If the Internet “flies”, but there are lags in the game, then the problems may be in the data transmission channel.
The data transmission channel has several parameters:
- "width" of the channel – maximum speed transfer of information. This setting has the greatest impact on data downloading.
- channel latency – the duration of the period from sending a request to receiving a response. This setting directly affects ping and Online Games.
- channel reliability is the ratio of the number of packets with errors to the total number of packets. This parameter can most often manifest itself as unexpected lags in online games.
Let's consider what can affect the reliability of the channel:
- Overload of the network node through which traffic passes. This can be any router, including the one you have. You can check by sending packets simultaneously ping
- Problems with the channel between nodes through which traffic passes. This can be any intermediate channel, including WiFi from your computer to the router. You can check by sending packets simultaneously ping on 2 different intermediate nodes, by analyzing the results of both sessions it is possible to identify at which node the losses occur;
- Loading the channel with extraneous traffic, causing channel congestion. This problem can only be identified through the provider, but it is part of problems No. 1 and No. 2.
In this situation, it is desirable to understand whether there are losses in the channel and whether its latency is changing. Next, you need to understand at what interval of the channel these changes occur. If you have a problematic part of the channel, deal with the causes yourself; if not, communicate with the provider.