my lag

[ShyGuy]

I don't see these render options and hdtune things.. I went to the advanced options after clicking the bottom left square in the opening menu, correct?  I'm a computer noob.. where do I look?

[OrangE]

hdtune is just a software you can download to check your hard disk health. nothing related to worms.

by the way: i've bougth a SSD disk (made myself a christmas gift) and now everything is so f@#!ing smooth i can play 3 games in the same time without having lags.

ill be back soon, i just need to install wa.

[StepS]

I don't see these render options and hdtune things.. I went to the advanced options after clicking the bottom left square in the opening menu, correct?  I'm a computer noob.. where do I look?

[ShyGuy]

slowfront end workaround is checked..
graphics i have the 32 option thing

[Muzer]

slowfront end workaround is checked..
graphics i have the 32 option thing

Try some of the others for the renderer, like Direct3D 9 (shader)

[ShyGuy]

tried every drop down option, the lags remain for them all

[ShyGuy]

it seems i'm having problems with my hard disk.

shyguy try "hdtune", run the benchmark then take a look in the "health" section. if the health satatus is "warning" you probably have my same problem: need to change hard disk.

I have warning as well. what should I do?

[Anubis]

I guess your HD was damaged when it was delivered to you/shop/manufactor, it happens quite often and you should try to get a refund/replacement. It's a new one right? Damaged HD sectors is #1 problem in the shop I used to visit.

[Perfect]

I have warning as well. what should I do?

• Open the "Computer" window
• Right-click on the drive in question, select Properties
• Select the "Tools" tab
• Click "Check now..." under Error-checking
• Check both options.

*You may ask you to restart. **edit, forgot some steps; fixed.

Also, if you an Intel processor, have you tried disabling Intel SpeedStep and/or C-States in the bios?  If someone already suggested this then nvm, I couldn't find Shy's old thread.

[StepS]

chkdsk C: /R /F to fix bad clusters
or there's software such as hdd regenerator

[barman]

Perhaps running WA (CD image and installation) on a RAM disk could remove the lags up as well?
Just a suggestion, please correct me if I'm wrong... but I used to have much success in speeding up some programs by running them on a RAM disk. Never tried it on WA though

[nino]

shy, do like me, buy a SSD and it is all good, it is really a nice stuff, makes ur computer much faster, everything runs faster.

and dont come to say u dont have money for that,  u f@#!ing american slave.

[Anubis]

I think his Laptop is a new one so he should get a replacement/refund, warranty of like 2 years I guess?

[ShyGuy]

it's a year and a half old.

I did the disk cleanup. 

I don't know what an SSD is.. i dont wanna go out and buy one.. i'm scared!

[nino]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Ocz+Technology+-+Agility+3+AGT3-25SAT3-240G+240+GB+Internal+Solid+State+Drive/3771932.p?id=1218431619093&skuId=3771932&st=SSD&cp=1&lp=3