About this tag
The lag spikes tag on WindowsForum.com covers user-reported issues with sudden, intermittent performance drops in games and general system use on Windows 7, 8.1, and 10. Common themes include spikes occurring every few minutes, lasting several seconds, and making games unplayable. Users describe both network-related lag (Wi-Fi vs. wired) and non-FPS lag that persists across different PCs and routers. Troubleshooting attempts include router firmware updates, changing wireless channels, disabling SuperFetch, and adjusting in-game settings. Some threads note that 64-bit games spike while 32-bit versions do not, and that spikes happen offline as well. The tag reflects community efforts to diagnose and resolve lag spikes through driver, service, and network configuration changes.
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Windows 10 Need some help with PC
Hi there, I don't know anything about PCs, I've tried doing some fixes threads have shared, some YouTube videos - etc, I just don't really know what the problem is to fix. My PC was working fine, could run games on high/ultra graphics with no problem, but recently I've been getting heavy lag...- aristala
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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64 bit operating system: 64 bit games lag but 32 bit don't.
Hi, i have had this problem for a while now but have fixed it by just running my games in 32 bit, but with new games coming out and 32 bit getting old a lot of new games don't support 32 bit My problem is whenever i run a 64 bit game, no matter what it is every minute or so i get a 15 second...- TLG
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- 64-bit games lag lag spikes windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 10 Windows 10 constant lag spikes (Happened on 8.1 too) (Not fps lag)
So, I made a thread like this a while ago which was basically the same problem but I found a solution to it, which was a firmware upgrade on the router, but this time there is no firmware upgrade and I tried many things to try to solve it. Once again, this is only happening on my computer (Btw I...- SimplyOreo
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- community computer connection devices firmware home network lag spikes manual solutions network performance router security settings tech support troubleshooting update wifi issues windows 10 windows 8.1 wireless channels
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Random lag spikes on windows 8.1 (Not fps lag)
So, I made a thread like this a while ago which was basically the same problem but I found a solution to it, which was a firmware upgrade on the router, but this time there is no firmware upgrade and I tried many things to try to solve it. Once again, this is only happening on my computer (Btw I...- SimplyOreo
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- channel connectivity firmware help request home network lag spikes manual settings network issues pc performance router security troubleshooting wifi windows 8.1 wireless
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Lag-Spike Fix?
Hey guys, I'm new to the forums. Like many, I've had problems in the past about Window 7's notorious wireless lag-spike issue. However, after having done some tweaking today, I think I actually managed to fix the problem without downloading any network drivers/graphic drivers. I disabled...- JinToshiro
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- computer tech fix lag spikes network issues performance services superfetch tweaking windows 7 wireless
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 lag spikes during multiplayer games
Ok i know theres a 1000 threads about this but instead of having one problem i have 2 now. I started off trying to fix my lag spikes during games and ended up messing up my sound. Computer specs: Windows 7 64 bit. AMD Athlon II X4 620 Processor (4 cpus) 2.6 GHz Memory: 6144 mb ram Graphic...- KyleKempfer
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- amd processor audio drivers audio issues gaming graphics card internet lag lag spikes memory multiplayer network issues nvidia performance performance issues solutions system specs tech support troubleshooting windows 7 wired connection
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne random lag spikes online and offline,
I recently bought a HP Laptop. And installed Warcraft ROC and Warcraft FT. Sincec I installed it, I usually receive random intervals of lag spikes while in game. I usually play at battle.net, or just in garena. Still having these lag spikes whenever I play online or offline. I already updated my...- doubtful
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- antivirus battle.net directx display settings frozen throne frustration gaming gaming issues garena hp laptop lag spikes offline play online play pc performance resolution tech support troubleshooting video games warcraft 3 windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Windows 7 x64 Steam Game Crash
When i connect to a server my game will crash Or when i am on server 15-20 min game will crash. this is Random not all the time some time's i can play for hours but most time it crash more than i can play it. game do not crash to desktop it will freeze with loop sound. till i end task. Any...- WelshY
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- bug report cpu performance directx drivers game crashes game freeze l4d lag spikes memtest multi-core performance server steam tf2 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Win 7 network issue for steam games
This issue started yesterday, I feel that there is a network OS prob reason being when i play steam games or unreal tournament, i get packet loss. I tried troubleshooting it by bypassing router and contacting the isp, and they said nothing they could see, but I feel there is some kind a...- Sacmo
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- gaming isp lag spikes network packet loss settings steam troubleshooting unreal tournament windows 7
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Games