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Computer games are extremely popular, but having a game that lags is not only annoying but can cost you many hours of playing time. Games are great but only when they run as smoothly as possible, which makes it vital you're able to get your games running without any lag. Here's how...
In the gaming world, "lag" is characterized by having the screen jolting and the action of the game being disrupted by your computer having to take longer to process the various actions that the game has. Lag comes in two forms - the first is "Internet lag" and the second is "graphics lag".
Internet lag is when you play a game online and it does not run very fast. This is nothing to do with your computer, but is all down to the speed at which your game is receiving data from the Internet. If your Internet connection is slow, it will take longer to get the information for the game from the server and will consequently jolt as it updates slowly. This is only fixed by making your Internet connection faster.
The other type of lag is "graphics lag" where the game will become extremely difficult to play even in single-player mode. This is caused by your computer taking longer to process the actions & graphics that the game needs to run, which makes it appear to run slow. It's like having a car that stalls, making the game appear to run slow and lag.
To fix this problem, you need to fix the problems that cause the lag in the first place. And most of the time, a game runs slowly because it is unable to process the settings that it needs to run. Every game now has 1,000's of settings that it needs to read each time you play it, and it's often the case that many of these settings become damaged or corrupted, and are saved in the wrong way. This makes the game struggle to read the settings it needs, slowing it down and causing the lag.
The settings that games need are stored in the 'registry' of your computer, which is a central database that keeps all the settings of your computer. In order to fix most cases of game-lag, you just need to fix all the damaged settings that are causing the game to run slow. And that can be done by using a 'registry cleaner'. A registry cleaner is a software tool that scans through the settings on your PC and fixes any of the damages ones that are causing problems. By using a registry cleaner which works to fix all the damaged game settings on your PC, you can actually make your game run extremely smoothly again.
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