Why is my steam game so slow

Home Discussions Workshop Market Broadcasts. Change language. Install Steam. I'm on the fastest PC I can find but it's still going very slow That's why I'm on the steam website making this discussion.

It's way faster here than the Steam Client Does anyone know why? Last edited by Silicon Vampire ; 24 Jul, pm. The author of this topic has marked a post as the answer to their question.

Click here to jump to that post. Originally posted by Batnip :. Showing 1 - 15 of 46 comments. Batnip View Profile View Posts. I'm wondering the same thing, glad it's not just me. It feels like I'm playing on a game with horrible hardware, delayed responses and everything. In order to fix the issue of Steam lagging, you can choose to change power plan.

Now, here is the tutorial. After that, you have changed the priority of Steam to high. When all steps are finished, reboot your Steam and check whether the issue of Steam lagging is fixed. How to set priority Windows 10? How to change priority Windows 10? This post shows how to set priority Windows To sum up, this post has shown 10 solutions to Steam lagging. If you have any better solutions to fix it, you can share it in the comment zone.

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Corrupt or missing Steam files may also Steam performance issues. Here is how:. It may take a few minutes to repair Steam service, please wait for the process to be complete. If none of the fixes above helped, reinstalling Steam is very likely the solution to your problem. Here is how to back up your game content and reinstall Steam:. Then, place the copy in another location to back up it.

Then, click Control Panel.