I need help... O.o

Ok guys, im not really bright about the hardW. My comp is mostly for V games... yeh...
Well, my problem is that it lags alot, when i play or try to record with Fraps. If i understand it righ, the problem is that my comp doesnt "work" fast enough, and cant handle everything in time... (@ least thats what some ppl say) I have 2 questions.
1 - Is that right?
2 - how do i fix it?
what do i need to buy for my comp to speed shit up?
It may sound retarded, but i need help guys... thx.

We will need some more details, such as what is your system configuration (what cpu, motherboard, quantity of memory, video card, and hard drive) and exactly what games give you problems along with the settings for those games (detail settings ((ie high/med/low)) and resolution)

The more details you can provide the clearer the picture will be for us, if your system is simply too slow to run the games you want to run you will need to upgrade your system, if your system is fast enough there may be a problem somewhere that is straining your system and limiting your performance, such as malware, virus, driver corruption, operating system corruption, and all kinds of things could cause problem, most are easy to fix but some could be complicated.

Most of the information we would need can be found by running a program called cpu-z from cpuid.com its a simple program that just reads values, its not something you need to install, just unzip and run "cpuz.exe". Or if your system is a prebuilt system from a company like Dell, HP, Emachine, etc, providing a model number would allow us to look up the information.

thx for the link, and here is what i've got ---> image


I have 2 problems: everything goes ok as long as there are less then 40-50 ppl in my area (I play WoW)
but as numbers grow, i start laggin... and 2nd, the vids i make (try to make) with Fraps come out all messed up...

Well you could use some more ram.. you computer is pretty outdated to begin with. But what video card are you running? CPU-Z won't show that... Right click on your desktop and then go to you display settings it should list it somewhere around there..

I bought my V card like 2 mon. ago... its Nvidia Geforce 7600 gt...

Have you tried lowering your graphical settings? Your 7600gt should handle them fine, however you could benefit from an upgrade to at least 1gb of ram.

wait wait wait.... as long as i know, ram is some kind of memory or somethin... so do u mean i need to get a better Vcard to upgrade it or its some other thing?

No get some more ram.. your video card is fine...

Google RAM.

ok thx m8!!!! i'll go to Comp USA this week... and dont forget bout this top i'll let u know what came out...

Just make sure to get some pc3200, most likely you have 2x256mb sticks in there already, so I would open up the pc and check on that, to make sure you have extra slots, if you do then you can get 2x256 again or get 2x512 and get rid of the 256 sticks.. or well make it 1.5gb of ram you are running.

but ya.. pc3200 remember that it's important.

And get the cheap stuff.. unless you are going to overclock there is no need to pay twice for a fancy heatspreader on a name brand stick..

Yeh, i'll do that... but one of my friends told me that i can actually transform some of my Hdrive memo into RAM to get better preformance, so i did...
I busted down 4096MB of my C memo... and well it didint really help me to get rid of the lags. But i'll still buy the thingy this week.

Ya well virtual memory sucks... Its extremely slow and ya.. it sucks.

Omg dude! thx for your help! I bought two 1g sticks (so now i havew 2.5gm of RAM) and it DID help! I still have little problems in overcrowded places, but you cnt even compare it to how it was b4!! I can even use my FRAPS now! (have some problems with sound, but i'll figure it out.)
Damn, thx alot for your help!!!

And yes, i have 1 more simple question... Whats "dual core CPU"
Its from Fraps' website... "If you have a dual core CPU there are no resolution restrictions for full-size capture and you can record video up to 2560x1600."
Can u plz tell me what "dual core CPU" means? O.o

it's a processor w/ two cores. it's like cramming two pentium 4's in one processor. it's called 64-bit.