Why Is My Game Lagging so Bad

[tonynleo]

Ive Been Playing this game for a long time and its fun it annoys me that there is way 2 much lag i can play half life alyx at max graphics settings and there is no lag at all but this game i have to play it at low anyone know a fix?

[JukSteelfly]

Hi, leave your PC specs please.

Also, check your 3D settings in Nvidia control panel, add Hard Bullet there.
Also, go to Windows Graphics Setting and set Hard Bullet to maximum performance.

[tonynleo]

Pc Specs for what i know i have a NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050 ti, Intel Core i7-3770k 16gb of ram

[JukSteelfly]

OK I see, first of all — your system is quite lower than the minimals we recommend, GPU is less powerfull than 1060 and CPU is from 2012 — we recommend to use at least 2014 made CPUs like i5-4590 that were made with VR in mind.

About HL:A optimisation — game was made by multibillion company and with special design that do not give you real physics simulations but instead uses various clever tricks to make such feeling. Do not expect to see such quality in any other VR game in the nearest years.

If you want to know more about awesome Valve designs that brought you Alyx quality, you can check this deconstruction videos to learn more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPrfC7r2c78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqLEL3kE4hc

[tonynleo]

ok thanks

[Fentanyl Enjoyer]

i have gtx 980ti and i7 9700k and i also lag on anything other then low

[pinappleboiofhoi]

i have all the reccommended specs, why am I lagging so bad..

[Chuck]

Guys It's lagging so bad, any fixes

[JukSteelfly]

Originally posted by Chuck:

Guys It's lagging so bad, any fixes

UPD: Huge Performance Update released:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1294760/view/4374768325791234354

Old message:
We are trying some new culling solutions for arenas and have plans for puppet's optimisation in the future.

For now you can try to turn off realtime lights from gun shots and lower violence levels (like turning off dismemberment) to gain a small boost. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Making this as a new topic answer because it's been a while since prevoius one from 2021.

[colmanpsupdates]

I've got a rtx 3070 laptop, 8gb Vram, 16 GB memory.

Mine is lagging massively, I've turned it down to 72 FPS and it can't hold it, it's awful when enemies are spawning.

I've turned all violence and effects off as well, I've tried running in steam runtime, oculus runtime, through virtual desktop, through steam link and all suffer from the samebproblem.

My Nvidia settings are set to highest performance as well.

It really does need to be optimised better, it would be such a good game.

[Raz1e0]

Hi i love the game but i keep lagging when the enemys is spawning and my game freeze up. Kinda annoying isnt there any fix

[schenkal]

Originally posted by Raz1e0:

Hi i love the game but i keep lagging when the enemys is spawning and my game freeze up. Kinda annoying isnt there any fix

Please run the game via Oculus Runtime instead of SteamVR.