Really bad lag

[Ash!]

when theres a shootout and its more then 3 guns rapid firing, my whole pc freezes. not just the game, why? my pc is really old but am getting a new one for christmass
https://streamable.com/38fvxe [3 instances of this]

 

[Ethem]

when theres a shootout and its more then 3 guns rapid firing, my whole pc freezes. not just the game, why? my pc is really old but am getting a new one for christmass
https://streamable.com/38fvxe [3 instances of this]

Could you give PC specs?

 

[Ash!]

AMD Ryzen 5 3500 6-Core Processor
32.0 GB ram

 

[Ethem]

AMD Ryzen 5 3500 6-Core Processor
32.0 GB ram

Your CPU is pretty old, so I'd say it's probably causing those lag spikes, unfortunately.

When there's a lot going on, like lots of cars with headlights on, explosions, and people, your CPU can get overwhelmed and become a bottleneck.

 

[Ash!]

never happened beforehand tho, maybe its age is getting to my pc lol

 

[Clarky]

Used to have this shit happen to me every shootout

Spoiler

it's a really old video btw so this was before some performance fixes were implemented

no matter what I did to try fix it it'd happen so I reinstalled windows and the issue was gone, given you're getting a new PC soon, I wouldn't see the harm in trying that since you're moving to a new machine but I won't say my solution is the definitive one because of the magnitude of it especially if it persists afterwards

 

[Szczurek]

Your CPU is pretty old, so I'd say it's probably causing those lag spikes, unfortunately.

When there's a lot going on, like lots of cars with headlights on, explosions, and people, your CPU can get overwhelmed and become a bottleneck.

I recommend u getting the fps improving config aka the pixel config what i call it

 

[Idiot1234]

Gmod is a CPU reliant game if you have any other clipping software especially medal it will fuck with your game like that I suffer the same issue if I have gmod and medal on at the same time it will nonstop keep on freezing/shitting itself

 

[Ethem]

never happened beforehand tho, maybe its age is getting to my pc lol

İt's probably Windows being Windows, it get's janky to use after a while, a format might fix your issues possibly.

 

[Idiot1234]

however the freezing is not as bad as yours

 

[Illusion™]

Maybe try unsubscribing from all workshop items besides the perp-specific ones? Free thing to try before investing in hardware. Also clearing your gmod cache is never a bad thing.
Gmod is quirky and sometimes these silly things fix your issue.

 

[Ash!]

Maybe try unsubscribing from all workshop items besides the perp-specific ones? Free thing to try before investing in hardware. Also clearing your gmod cache is never a bad thing.
Gmod is quirky and sometimes these silly things fix your issue.

everything is perp content, where do i clear the cache, is it in the garrysmod folder?

 

[MJ.]

I recommend u getting the fps improving config aka the pixel config what i call it

Placebo config

 

[piesangsaregood]

AMD Ryzen 5 3500 6-Core Processor
32.0 GB ram

idk if this is relevant anymore but i have the same specs and never had issues like this.

 

[Creepis]

What speed is your RAM running at?
Task Manager>Performance>Memory

I would also advise moving your Garry's Mod install to a SSD.

 

[Ash!]

2667 MT/s

 

[Creepis]

2667 MT/s

What's the rated speed for those? Check for a sticker on the ram or the site where you bought them from if it's not a pre-built. You should be able to run them at 3000 at least, if not 3200.

 

[Ash!]

Oh it can go that speed i looked it up, how do i increase it?

 

[Creepis]

Oh it can go that speed i looked it up, how do i increase it?

It's done through your BIOS. Look for a D.O.C.P/XMP setting, usually under overclocking or in a tab about memory, every BIOS is different. Tell me your rated speed for that RAM first though (also, are there two sticks populating slots 1+3 or slots 2+4? The setting should say Profile 1, enable that first and see where it goes.
Make sure you save at least a stable state of your BIOS in the profile tab, once done you can try 3200. If that is not stable you can go down to 3000.

 

[Ash!]

i have 32 gb of ram so 2 16s