Lagging computer *kicks comp*

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My computer has been lagging recently. It is especially noticeable when I try to watch a movie. It would lag for several seconds and continue, this would occur several times through the movie. I checked how much memory I was using with when watching the movie and it showed that to be 17% on the task manager. Would using that much memory 'cause my computer to lag like that. Or should i get more memory?

btw i have 8 gigs of ram of ddr3 1600 and a amd x4 955

I hate my comp.... *throws pie at comp*
 
That is plenty of RAM. The problem is not hardware, sounds like software. Are the movies legit or pirated? If pirated, we can't help you and your best choice would be to delete them.
 
no they are not pirated videos. They are dvds I rent from my local video store. The videos I have in my hard drive play fine, its just whenever I play a movie in my dvd drive that it lags.
 
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More likely finger prints or other material on the DVDs or even scratched. check to see if they need cleaning.
Cheers.
 
I noticed VLC Media player doesn't run some movies very well in my experience. Can anyone suggest alternative software that is free?
 
2048Megabytes said:
I noticed VLC Media player doesn't run some movies very well in my experience. Can anyone suggest alternative software that is free?
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I prefer divx & real player.Use divx mostly,best player I have used.I have winamp also,but I use that for music basiclly.

Bobatrons,try a brand new unused dvd.If it still does it,get a laser lens cleaner disc.
 
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If the movie skips at (example) 3:00, go back to 3:00 and see if it skips again. If it does skip again, it's the CD. If it doesn't, check the toolbar on the bottom right and close out anything you're not using. Also, download CCleaner and do a registry clean, download MalwareBytes and do a virus scan, and then update your component drivers.
 
Thanks guys your advice seems to help 'cause now when I watch a movie it no longer lags.
Now only if I can get a girlfriend....
 
bobatrons said:
Thanks guys your advice seems to help 'cause now when I watch a movie it no longer lags.
Now only if I can get a girlfriend....
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Who needs a GF? Left hand will never talk back, never give you the cold shoulder late at night when your frisky, never take all your money to buy some sort of make-up that you'll never use, doesn't gossip about you behind your back, won't get hit on by other guys, will never cheat on you, won't yell at you when all you want to do is play a video game.

Give it a little lube and it will love you long time........ well.... 5 min anyway. Then you just go out with her polar opposite. :D:P:good:
 
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