Starcraft Lag problem

Projekt92 · 12-13-2008, 05:20 PM

My problem pertains to Starcraft. Those of you who have played know that it has a repuatation for being low quality and break often... but in anycase, my problem SEEMS simple.

Whenever i try to play the game, it lags, BAD. The lag carries on Battle.net, Single player, campaign, and LAN games. This problem has been going on since i first installed the game, but there was ONE day where the lag went away after a game restart, that no longer works.

Tried Attempts:
-It's not a network problem, because my brother on the same net work, on the computer next to me.
-It's not a memory problem, i have 10 GB of free space.
-It's not a hardware problem, i have a better Motherboard and Video card than my brother.

Partially Succesful attempts:
-Today i updated my video card driver. AND IT WORKED, the lag went away.... BUT, it wanted me to download a patch before i could play again. So i did, and it went BACK to the lag. It seems they will not work together, as if they conflict with each other.

Sorry for the time it took to write about such a small problem, but im kinda desprate to get back into starcraft, anyone have an ideas?

P.S. talking to blizzard reps about this is absolutely useless, as everyone who plays this knows. They waste your time in asking stupid questions that you have already checked. And then when they run out of ideas, they ask you to write and email to a support forum that they don't reply to.

DaveTibbetts · 12-13-2008, 05:40 PM

Please post your system specs for me,
ill have a good look.
Thanks.

Mcninjaguy · 12-13-2008, 11:13 PM

how big is your hard drive?
you need at least 15% free hard drive space to have your computer run normally.

system specs include
you can use "everest" to find oyur computer specifications
http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

RAM
CPU
PSU (power supply)
Motherboard
Video card

try re installing DirectX or the newest version in the link below
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
dont give me your dirextx log please dont, doesn't help me! its just a wall of text.

12-13-2008, 05:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Projekt92 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: VA Posts: 30 OS: Windows XP SP3	Starcraft Lag problem My problem pertains to Starcraft. Those of you who have played know that it has a repuatation for being low quality and break often... but in anycase, my problem SEEMS simple. Whenever i try to play the game, it lags, BAD. The lag carries on Battle.net, Single player, campaign, and LAN games. This problem has been going on since i first installed the game, but there was ONE day where the lag went away after a game restart, that no longer works. Tried Attempts: -It's not a network problem, because my brother on the same net work, on the computer next to me. -It's not a memory problem, i have 10 GB of free space. -It's not a hardware problem, i have a better Motherboard and Video card than my brother. Partially Succesful attempts: -Today i updated my video card driver. AND IT WORKED, the lag went away.... BUT, it wanted me to download a patch before i could play again. So i did, and it went BACK to the lag. It seems they will not work together, as if they conflict with each other. Sorry for the time it took to write about such a small problem, but im kinda desprate to get back into starcraft, anyone have an ideas? P.S. talking to blizzard reps about this is absolutely useless, as everyone who plays this knows. They waste your time in asking stupid questions that you have already checked. And then when they run out of ideas, they ask you to write and email to a support forum that they don't reply to.

12-13-2008, 05:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
DaveTibbetts Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 40 OS: XP SP2 My System	Re: Starcraft Lag problem Please post your system specs for me, ill have a good look. Thanks. __________________ I'm here to help you! Main Specialties: Windows Errors, Reformatting, Online Gaming Trouble

12-13-2008, 11:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Starcraft Lag problem how big is your hard drive? you need at least 15% free hard drive space to have your computer run normally. system specs include you can use "everest" to find oyur computer specifications http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html RAM CPU PSU (power supply) Motherboard Video card try re installing DirectX or the newest version in the link below http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en dont give me your dirextx log please dont, doesn't help me! its just a wall of text.