lagging bad Options

[CodeName]

The other day logged on to stock maps , everything working fine then all of a sudden the lag got so bad I could not even play. Any server I log into now the lag is still bad.Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

[steel]

Just some ideas I'd try:

1. Make sure there's no spyware or viruses (run whatever spyware zapper and virus removal tools you have installed).

2. Defrag your hard drive.

3. Run Enditall before starting up your game, to stop all running processes that do not need to be running while you're playing a game. http://www.the-old-sea-dog.net/enditall.html

4. You can also use pingplotter (www.pingplotter.com) to type in the IP of the server and see if there's an internet bottleneck happening between you and the server.

5. Get rid of all extra maps and mods out of your cod and uo directories. The cod multifixer is good for this http://callofduty.filefront.com/file/CoD_MultiFixer;67336.

6. Set your maxfps to something reasonable, either 43, 76, 125 or 333, whichever you can comfortably sustain. Pull down your console in the game with the ~ and type (where 125 represents the value you choose):
/com_maxfps 125

There are many other things to try, but probably you'll hit the cure somewhere in the above list.