SIMCITY 5 - PC LAG ISSUE
Hi team I have noticed a significant lag issue when playing Simcity 5 over the last couple of weeks, so much so, that it is virtually real time, and thus unbearable. My internet connection is 3.44M...
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How can it be hardware when it worked fine a few weeks ago? That's what I keep seeing, hardware, hardware hardware. But no one can tell me why it worked fine just 2 or 3 weeks ago. I've also seen people with computers more powerful than mine with the same problem. Suggests it isn't hardware but no one knows the answer.
@AzaraDaguerre wrote:How can it be hardware when it worked fine a few weeks ago?
My point exactly. Let's say there are 2 know possibilities for lag. Tourism and GPU performance. ( the OP has a good network connectiion)
Since the tourism and GPU info weren't provided by the OP, we have to take a logical approach. If you start a new city, you eliminate tourism as a factor. You have to take up Gambling or add a Tourism module to City Hall to trigger the issue. That takes a while. Days, weeks.. ??
If it runs fine without those, then there's a good chance that Tourism is the issue, otherwise it's the GPU.
Just saying. IF..THEN..ELSE.
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You guys forgot probably the most common issue. Underperforming computer. This issue happens in a beginning city and slows down over time as more power is required to keep the burgeoning city processing.
If the OP goes to the options menu and graphics settings and set everything to low/min/off
Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768 for std monitor. 1280 x 720 for wide screen.
Lighting: Minimum
Textures: Low
Shadows: Off
Geometry: Low
Animation Detail: Low
Anti-Aliasing: [Unchecked]
Framerate Cap: Off
V-Sync: [unchecked]
This should remove all lag
If you can post what your computer's name and model number are, we can help you much better instead of guessing.? i.e. Dell Inpiron 518
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You're right. I only used the GPU reference to minimize the logic.
Resolving a "hardware lag" issue would be way more interesting, as you have shown. 🙂
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All Right!
So I have a Mac OS X Version 10.7.5 with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 4 GB 1067 MHz RAM
I'm no techie, so I need to know what the problem is. I bought simcity and it runs fine except for tremendous lag.
Any suggestions? Please help ASAP!!
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Exactly as the thread has resolved. Set everything low/min/screen resolution low to make up for the bad GPU.
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My computer is an acer computer, my thing is aswell as my game being really laggy I don't think I'm on the right server (Europe west1) I'm not sure of the make of my computer however I can say that my computer runs an fps game (teamfortress 2) very well. If the lag has something to do with my internet connection it's bt broadband.
If any of what I've just said makes any sense and can help you with my lag problems please help
thank you 🙂
P.S. there's black pixels that run across my screen when I play simcity and there's a grid that runs across my city snd I can't get rid of it! Thanks again 🙂
