Android emulator is offering a platform for PC users to play their favorite Android games. But sometimesyou might experience some emulator lagsand you don’t know how to fix them. You should know that the emulator’s performance mostly depends on theperformanceof your computer.So theproblems may berelated toyour system’s (PC) space, configuration, settings, specs, etc.Meanwhile, emulator’s settings arealso important.
This tutorial will take LDPlayer as an example to show you how to fix emulator lag.But no worries, the following top 6 methods are available to fix lags in most emulators.Before reading further, please make sure that you are using the latest version of LDPlayer,as each version comes with various performance improvements and bug fixes.
Table of Contents
#1 Enable VT Technology on Your Computer
#2 Reconfigure Enough RAM and CPU Cores to LDPlayer
- #3 Activate High Performance of Your GPU
#4 Set Your PC/Laptop to "High performance" Power Plan
#5 Close Other Programs with High RAM Occupation
#6 Configure Your Antivirus Settings Correctly
Enable VT (Virtual Technology) on Your Computer
VT is the abbreviation of Virtualization Technology.Formerly known as Vanderpool, this technology enables a CPU to act asyou have several independent computers, in order to enable several operating systems to run at the same time on the same machine.
The Android system of the Android emulator is not the same as the Windows system we use. The Android systemon the emulator is run on a virtual "computer".Therefore, turning on the VT will better makeuse of the resources of the CPU on your computer. This technology does not have a bad influence on yourcomputer equipment.
1. CheckWhether VT is Supported or Enabled on Your PC
Does your computer support VT? Or has your computer already enabled VT and you don’t know? It won’t be a concern if you download LeoMoon-CPU-Vto check your computer. It is one of the softwareson the Internet that will help you to detect whether your CPU supports Hardware Virtualization. This program is 100% clean. It should work like the following.
2. Enable Virtual TechnologyRight Now
If you find out the VT-x Enabled is not enabled but your PC supports VT,follow the below steps to enable virtual technology:
Firstly, you should restart your computer. Once your computer shuts down and restarts, you need to press F2 or Del key repeatedly to enter the BIOS setup.
In the BIOS, VT section is usually named Intel(R) Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Virtual, VT-X or SVM. Generally, you can find it in the “Processor Configuration” of the “Advanced” option.
You need to select “Intel(R) Virtualization Technology” and change the setting to Enable. After that, you should press F10 to save the setting and exit from BIOS.
After you enable the Virtualization Technology on BIOS, you can also run LDPlayer to check whether VT is successfully enabled. You can click the Menu button in the top right corner of the windowand click “Diagnostic information”. If VT is actuallyactivated, you will see “Enable” in VT option. If you want to get more details about VT, read this article:How to enable VT on PC for LDPlayer.
Most of the time, the emulator lagshould be fixed once you’veenabledVT on your computer. You will be able toplay mobile games on PCusing your emulator without significant lags now. But you're still facing other lags while playing apps in LDPlayer, you can also try the following methods.
Reconfigure the RAM and CPU Cores Assigned to LDPlayer
It's very important to allocate enough RAM and CPU cores to yourAndroid emulator. Your emulator need tomake use of the assigned resources to power up the apps you launch inside the emulator.Changing the RAM and CPU cores settings in LDPlayercansignificantly increasethe performance of LDPlayer on your PC/Laptop. It should solvemost issues you might be facing with regarding to lag and/or slow performance in various applications and games.
First of all, you should run LDPlayer and click the settings button in the top right corner of the side toolbar. After that, you need to click on the Advanced settings.
Then you are able to set the RAM and CPU you would like to allocate to LDPlayer by clicking the small arrow on the right side of the “CPU” and “RAM”. Just choose the number you want in the boxes, and then click Save to change thesettings.
Generally, the higher allocation of RAMand CPU cores means that your emulator can process higher-demanding apps without any hardware burden.LDPlayer will perform muchsmoother with enough CPU cores and RAM when you are playing heavy games. But at the same time, your emulator willtakeup more resourcesfromyour computer. Make sure your PC is decentenough for such allocation.
Please note that the highest allocated cores of CPU and RAMwill not exceed the half of the actual number your computer has.
ActivateHigh Performance of Your GPU
If you find that the lag issue stillexists for your apps, you can try to enhance the performance of graphics card on your computer. Your GPU is one of the most important parts of your computer, and it can greatly decide the computer’sperformance while running mobilegameson an emulator. You can try to improve your graphics card and boost the performanceby following the methods below.
1. Upgrade Your Graphics Drivers
Even ifyou have a very powerful graphics card, it canunfold its true performance without the latest graphics driverinstalled on your PC or laptop. Thus, you need to download the newest graphics driverfrom official websites according to the brand of your graphics card. The following are some of the official websites of graphics cards.
Nvidia GeForce owners: https://www.geforce.com/drivers
Intel HD Graphics owners: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html
AMD Graphics owners: https://www.amd.com/en
You can also download Driver Booster on your PC to update the graphics driver with just a few steps.It's a freetrial version offered by IObit and you can experience its full features.
2. Change the Graphics Card Settings to High Performance
Besidesupgradingthe graphics drivers, you can also enhance GPU performance by changing somesettings. In terms ofdifferent graphics cards, there are different waysto change the graphics settings on Windows PC. Below we will take NVIDIA graphics card as an example to show how toreconfigure the graphics setting for your Android emulator.
Right-click on your Windows desktop, then click NVIDIA Control Panel on the context menu.
Firstly, you should go to the Manage 3D settings >>> Global Settings tab. Thenchoosingthe High-performance NVIDIA processor in the drop-down menu of Preferred graphics processor. After that, youneed to click “Apply” at the bottom right-hand side of the window to complete the settings.
For other brands of graphics cards, you can search on Google for accurate setting methods. Itwillmake gamingperformance greatly different than before. After that, you can run a game with LDPlayer to check whether lags are fixed.
3. Switch From Integrated GPU to Dedicated GPU
If your Android game does not perform as well as you expect with your AMD or Nvidia graphics card on LDPlayer, it may be running with the wrong GPU.Most notebook computers and, sometimes, desktop computers, have more than one GPU: an integrated and a dedicated one. The integrated graphics chipset is built into the processor and makes sure that your computer can use a display even without dedicated GPU.
You need to switch your current GPU from the integrated one to the dedicated one. This guide will lead you to complete the switching of your GPU settings through step-to-stephelp.
Set Your PC/Laptop to "High performance" Power Plan
This is a easy set up and you can enable the high performance power planin theControl Panel.You can find Power Options in your Control Panel and that is the place where you can adjust the power plans for your computer. The better your computer perform, the better your emulator
Close Other Programs with High RAM Occupation
Runningmultiple programs at once onyour PC can cause performance issues. While running Android emulator for playing heavy games, you should always avoidusing up the RAM of your computer. This will causesevere lag to your PC.You can close unwanted programs by going to"Task Manager". From there, select the program you wish to close. Lastly, click on"End task", as shown below.
Configure Your Antivirus Settings Correctly
Ifyou still experience lags runningLDPlayer aftertryingall the above methods, then it may be possible that youranti-virus is interfering with the virtualization process.Please refer tothis articleto learn how to configure your anti-virus. Take Avast for example, you need to uncheck the setting of "Enable hardware-assisted virtualization".
Conclusion
Generally, there are many different reasons that can cause emulator lag. You can try the topsix troubleshooting methods we provided to fix the lags or slow running for your Android emulator.As LDPlayer is one of the most prominent Android emulators in the market and it can work perfectly with most different computers, it should be more stable than others.
If you still can’t fix the lags issues or have other questions about the emulator, you can always get help by contactingLDPlayer through the official Facebook.
