Lag problem on CounterStrike

[hardwareman11]

i have 6Gb of RAM installed in my new HP Dv6. It has a dedicated GPU; the Radeon 7690m XT 1gb and it runs fine.
When I play Counterstrike, it tends to have a lower FPS than the regular 50+ or sometimes 35-40+ FPS. WHich is still good. When there are a lot of things on screen it lags for some reason. It really is annoying. My OS is Windows 7 64-bit. I have no idea how I could get more RAM to play with. I cannot even raise the resolution or the shadow quality when playing Diablo 3 which it plays fairly well-I reach level 34 already with no problems after some tweaking. Help? Maybe its something else?

 

[hardwareman11]

Yes actually, sometimes. When I am aiming at the action it is in the 20's or lower but just off the sides its 50+. It in fact does speed-up after locking down every so often.

everything is max except v-sync is off, AA is off, DX9 is enabled; could not make it any better.

Say what? affinity? you mean, if I only allow ONE core to run games and not the TWO?, priority?

 

[radiowars]

About the packet thing, go here --> http/www.pingtest.net/.
If you get anything above 0% for packet loss, games will play very poorly (know this from experience- Comcast sucks sometimes). This will also check your ping and your jitter. Pick a location that is at least 500 miles away from you.

 

[hardwareman11]

Okay. This is off-topic but, would it really be worth it to get a gamig desktop from cyberpower or ibuypower? or should I just build my own.