Experiencing lag during games despite meeting system requirements..help please

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Here are my computer specs

Mainboard: ASRock M3N78D CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 960T Video card: GTX 560 RAM: 4G Hard Disk: Samsung HD501LJ

XCOM Enemy Within recommended requirements

CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz / Athlon II X4 620 Video card: GeForce 9600 GT Extreme 512MB / Radeon HD 3870 RAM: 4 GB

The game I am experiencing lag with is XCOM Enemy Within. I am getting about 22 fps and it isn't much of a problem since it's a turn based strategy game, but I think the performance should be better. Lowering the graphic settings changes nothing. I've tried running the game with dx9, and I think the average fps may have improved a bit, but still fell short of 30. CPU usage is at 30%, memory at 66%, temperatures for CPU, GPU are 34 and 50 degrees celcius I think. What do you think is the problem? On a side note, I played Bioshock Infinite and Sniper Elite 3 just fine on the same pc. Thanks in advance.

jnghnl

Posted 2014-10-04T09:52:45.367

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You sure the game is using the dedicated gpu instead of integrated? – Rsya Studios – 2014-10-04T09:58:30.707

You don't seen sure about some things we need certainty to help – Ramhound – 2014-10-04T10:21:49.520

Answers

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A simple search will find the cause of this problem.

From Steam:

For those of you experiencing this (initially rather annoying) problem, have a look at your 'GPU activity'. It's possible (as in my case) that the DLC is preset to run using integrated graphics, by default. Access your GPU setting and manually force 'enemy within EXE' to run using your GPU, as opposed to integrated graphics.

From another forum:

So far Enemy Within does not want to recognize mobile nvidia cards (I havent met anyone with a mobile ATI card yet).

Solution:

  1. Go to Nvidia Control Panel>Manage 3D Settings>Program Settings

  2. Find the application (XCOM Enemy Within) and manually set the game to run using the Nvidia GPU rather than your Integrated Graphics Card.

  3. Save and exit. See here if you need more help.

The game should run at at a higher fps now.

Rsya Studios

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