I can't play because of the lag/freezing.

[Illyrian]

I have only had PS for a couple days now and so far it has frozen on me at least 10 times. I can walk around for a little while, but it gets slower and slower until the program freezes and I have to shut it down. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I can't get anything done at this point.

[Karyuu]

Can you tell us what hardware your computer has? It will help us better determine the proper steps to take. If you're on Windows:

Right-click on the My Computer icon and choose Properties. In the General tab you will see your processor and RAM amount. It will be in this format:



For your graphics card, type dxdiag into the Windows Run command and look at the Display tab:

[Illyrian]

Dell Optiplex 320
Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
3.00 GHz, 480 MB of RAM
Physical Address Extension

Name: ATI Radeon Xpress 1100
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip Type: ATI Radeon Xpress Series (0x5A61
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Approx Total Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor

[Karyuu]

Looks like your graphics come from an onboard chipset rather than an actual video card. Have you tried updating the drivers from ATI?

[Raleigh]

Looks like your graphics come from an onboard chipset rather than an actual video card. Have you tried updating the drivers from ATI?

Here's my advice: when or if you already have the dough for it, get an off-board video card to avoid headaches. Most on-board cards suck and are prone to several problems. Also if you're running Linux, unfortunately ATI Linux drivers are pretty inferior to the Windows' ones.

[ThomPhoenix]

Linux proprietary drivers are generally inferior to the Windows ones.
However Nvidia drivers are better than the Ati ones, though Ati has been improving lately.

[Illyrian]

I haven't tried that. I'm not sure how to do it. I'm not all that great with computers and I've had this one for only about a month. Can you tell me what to do please?

^That was to Karyuu, btw.

I have Windows XP though, for the record.

[ThomPhoenix]

I looked up the page for you:
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/integrated-xp.html

[Illyrian]

I looked up the page for you:
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/integrated-xp.html

Okay, I downloaded it, now what do I do?

[ThomPhoenix]

Install it, doubleclick on the file.