No more lag! One very important tip....

So I am sitting at home after my thanksgiving dinner and I'm playing some Rust (a unity game). I really like this game, especially with friends. There is one problem with this game.... the lag. It couldn't have been my fault, I own a gtx 670. So I can't be me, well alas it was my fault. My carrots were tussled for the last time when my game froze and I was brutally murdered from a bandit. I quit the game from frustration and looked online for a fix. Apparently, the extreme lag was coming from an outdated Realtek driver from 2012. They don't automatically update so I did a little download and a little restart and BAM BAM BAM EVERYTHING WAS SILKY SMOOTH. Not only was the game suuuuuper smooth but also various other programs I had in my computer like Unity, Photoshop, and Visual Studio. No more hiccups!

If you are experiencing hiccups in your games and applications AND you have a realtek audio sound manager, then you must absolutely check out this link:
http://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffen...ntial_fix_for_those_experiencing_fps_lag_and/

I run everything perfectly now (Windows 8.1 btw). Follow those super simple instructions and I hope I helped someone else with these problems

 

Buggy driver included with 8.1?

I've got the 2012 driver too, but it might be dependent on the hardware it is enabling.

 

What if you don't have Realtek, but still get lag?

 

lol. you do write code dont you?

#nosuchthingasbugfree

 

Im not sure. Probably still check your audio drivers and make sure they are updated. I still dont understand why my audio drivers were effecting the lag. Maybe because they used too much processing power? IDK

 

You need to always get the device driver updates. Sound and graphics driver updates can often make a huge difference in performance. I use Driver Booster on my laptop to check and keep all drivers updated. There is always some little bug or poor design decision. They make an update to remove the bug and /or implement a better much more efficient design.

 

Driver booster eh? Gotta check that one out

 

I remember there was some game in the past that struggled due to out of date audio drivers... might have been one of the games in the battlefield series.