January 24, 200818 yr That's just not lag. Lag is the amount of time between making an online request or command and receiving a response. That has absolutely nothing to do with computer resources. Lag is purely caused by a bad connection. High ping is a symptom of lag. Having not enough cpu power to play RS is also possible for a bad gaming experience, but it's not lag. That's what you call hick-ups or framedrops. I cba to explain it myself so i'll just quote wikipedia: Causes of abnormal delay Inadequate client computer processing power The user's computer may not be fast enough to handle the processing load. This load includes handling the communications with the server, processing the user's input, and (significantly) drawing the scene. Very complex simulated worlds have a dramatic impact on client performance (usually measured as client frame rate). In addition, other programs and software can use computing power on the client machine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag
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