UNPLAYABLE, severe lag and 10 second audio delay.

[The Angriest Lobster]

The game lags whenever a fight happens or transitioning to a new area, with dialog and ambient audio a full 10+ seconds behind. I know its bethesda, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Ive got the game on an SSD, specs are as follows:
Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700HX 2.10 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

[The Angriest Lobster]

Any help would be appreciated.

[Lithurge]

I'm running it on a 9700/RTX 2070 system and don't see any lag. What graphics card are you using and what's your SSD's speed?

[Tiasmoon]

This is usually a problem that happens when the game is installed on HDD instead of SSD.

Judging by your CPU, you are on a laptop? Do you have a dedicated GPU, or just the intel chip?

[Deylendor]

It is what it is.

They had to work within the 16GB Ram limit and to achieve that, they made the game require a SSD so they could load sounds from the disk each type you press the fire button on your gun instead of loading the required sounds into RAM first, like any other game.

A truly "next gen" game.

[The Angriest Lobster]

Originally posted by Tiasmoon:

This is usually a problem that happens when the game is installed on HDD instead of SSD.

Judging by your CPU, you are on a laptop? Do you have a dedicated GPU, or just the intel chip?

Just the intel chip, but this thing is current year brand new. Idk what to do

[FAIR]

GPU?

[Caduryn]

Originally posted by The Angriest Lobster:

The game lags whenever a fight happens or transitioning to a new area, with dialog and ambient audio a full 10+ seconds behind. I know its bethesda, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Ive got the game on an SSD, specs are as follows:
Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700HX 2.10 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Steam - Help - Systeminformation, copy/paste the info

[K§H]

Originally posted by FAIR:

GPU?

He's just using the iGPU of his CPU.

OP: You are never going to get any good playing experience in Starfield without a dedicated GPU unfortunately.

[The Angriest Lobster]

Originally posted by Lithurge:

I'm running it on a 9700/RTX 2070 system and don't see any lag. What graphics card are you using and what's your SSD's speed?

Uhh under advanced display it says Intel (R) UHD Graphics. No idea how to check SSD speed (sorry this is the first decent PC i got for gaming and im still learning)

[Caduryn]

Originally posted by The Angriest Lobster:

Originally posted by Lithurge:

I'm running it on a 9700/RTX 2070 system and don't see any lag. What graphics card are you using and what's your SSD's speed?

Uhh under advanced display it says Intel (R) UHD Graphics. No idea how to check SSD speed (sorry this is the first decent PC i got for gaming and im still learning)

That means your Computer is using the onboard Graphics

[The Angriest Lobster]

Originally posted by Caduryn:

Originally posted by The Angriest Lobster:

Uhh under advanced display it says Intel (R) UHD Graphics. No idea how to check SSD speed (sorry this is the first decent PC i got for gaming and im still learning)

That means your Computer is using the onboard Graphics

Any recommendations?

[[BHA] Parazac]

hmm, if i found the right specs for that chip it says it has Intel UHD Graphics 770 onboard.

another google search says an Intel UHD770 should be equivalent to AMD Radeon R9 280X or Nvidia GT 770.

if that is right then i am surprised Starfield actually runs on your laptop.

[The Angriest Lobster]

Originally posted by K§H:

Originally posted by FAIR:

GPU?

He's just using the iGPU of his CPU.

OP: You are never going to get any good playing experience in Starfield without a dedicated GPU unfortunately.

so I just cant play then?

[K§H]

Originally posted by The Angriest Lobster:

Originally posted by Caduryn:

That means your Computer is using the onboard Graphics

Any recommendations?

The only thing you can do is to change to a computer with a decent dedicated graphics card. You Intel HD Graphics chip is so weak that it is vastly underpowered even for 1080p at low settings in Starfield. I have an RTX 3080 and even then feel a bit underpowered for my taste.

Most laptops don't have the possibility of changing their GPU config, only some larger gaming ones.

[Caduryn]

Originally posted by The Angriest Lobster:

Originally posted by Caduryn:

That means your Computer is using the onboard Graphics

Any recommendations?

If you have no "real" GPU.... none, beside getting a real Gaming Computer