At one time or another, all of us have complained of too low or choppy frame rates at least once when we're playing games. Low frame rates can be detrimental to the gaming experience, particularly if it happens at that critical moment when you've lined up for a frag and got fragged instead by the one on your crosshair. Naturally, we don't want any lag when playing games, so what can we do? A lot actually, but we must know what cause these problems in the first place.
When most people complain about lag, they either mean too low frame rates or choppy frame rates (stuttering). Actually, they are very different from one another - low frame rates are often caused by the lack of performance from either the processor or graphics cards in your PC. On the other hand, stuttering can be caused by a number of different things.
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