Gorillabot3000 0 Posted June 26, 2014 Hey guys! Can someone help me out in discovering what is up with my new computer? My old Laptop worked perfectly for gaming. I've never had any difficulties with anything aside from getting Fallout 3 to work, which was mainly an issue with the game's compatibility with Windows 8. The new one I got is from the same brand (Toshiba), has 8GB RAM (2 more than my old one), has the same proccessor (Intel CORE i5), and for some reason has more ping spikes than the old one. In addition, to make things worse, sometimes my entire computer just freezes for no reason while I'm playing games. Old Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L855-S5368 Laptop, Up to 3.1GHz Intel Core i5-3210M Processor - BJ's Wholesale Club New Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L55t-A5290 Laptop Thanks in advance! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legend 1 Posted June 26, 2014 You could have a virus on the new computer or you just have less range from your router. If you can't figure it out just do a reset on it and yes you will lose everything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaygoki 237 Posted June 26, 2014 If you do reset just back your drive up onto an external one if you have one. If not just find somewhere that can hold everything on your computer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lithium 302 Posted June 26, 2014 #1 - Check for bloatware on your new laptop that's taking up your bandwidth. Any software the laptop comes with you probably don't want. So, uninstall any manufacturer-installed software (security "free trials", "battery health" crap, updaters etc.) #2 - How good of a signal are you getting from your router? Is there any interference from other laptops, routers nearby? Check all that out. #3 - If you haven't already updated to 8.1, DO IT. 8 by itself locked up for me all the time, but as soon as I updated every little issue I had was solved. The new laptop you got isn't that much of an upgrade really, but if the old one worked fine the new one shouldn't have too much of a problem unless something's not working right. I don't recommend a reformat/reinstall if you don't need to, which you probably don't right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
denwaotoko 0 Posted June 27, 2014 Your older laptop has a more powerful CPU as well as the iGPU within it. Same brand, same type of processor, but not the same speed. This (New), compared to this (Old). So yeah, you did downgrade lol. 1 Gorillabot3000 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaygoki 237 Posted July 1, 2014 honestly i would just switch to windows 7 because 8 is nasty and 7 will probably run with your games alot better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lithium 302 Posted July 1, 2014 honestly i would just switch to windows 7 because 8 is nasty and 7 will probably run with your games alot better I wouldn't. Not on a laptop, at least. 8 starts up amazingly quick compared to 7, which is really helpful with laptops. And really, 8.1 doesn't have any compatibility issues that I've seen at all, and it's really not that hard to set compatibility settings on anything that does have issues (theres always something with every new os that doesnt run anymore). Theres just no need to downgrade to 7 and spend all that money. 1 denwaotoko reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaygoki 237 Posted July 6, 2014 but windows 8 is grossssssss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
