Run Far Cry 3 without Freezes, Fix Slow Downs and Lags - PC

The term "freezes" is commonly used by gamers to portray hangs, lockup, or stop responding effect that some video games experience. Typical indications of "freezes" include the likes of your game jerking, you not being able to progress in the game and having trouble running the virtual characters. If you're experiencing Freezes, Slow Downs and Lags in Far Cry 3, you need to fix the possible errors which are leading the problem to occur. Here's what you need to do:

1. Install most recent patches
2. Close all unnecessary applications / programs
3. Run Far Cry 3 with High Priority
4. Clean out the registry
5. Reinstall the game

Before you proceed, make sure that your system meets the following minimum or recommended hardware specs.

Minimum Specs

DirectX9c graphics card with 512MB Video RAM Dual core CPU 4GB Memory
Example minimum 1 (NVidia/Intel)

NVidia GTX8800
Intel Core2 Duo E6700
Example minimum 2 (AMD)

AMD Radeon HD2900
AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+
Recommended Specs

DirectX11 graphics card with 1024MB Video RAM Quad core CPU 4GB Memory
Example recommended 1 (NVidia/Intel)

NVidia GTX480
Intel Core i3-530
Example recommended 2 (AMD)

AMD Radeon HD5770
AMD Phenom II X2 565
High Performance Specs

Latest DirectX11 graphics card
Latest quad core CPU
8GB Memory
Example high performance (NVidia/Intel)

NVidia GTX680
Intel Core i7-2600K
Example high performance (AMD)

AMD Radeon HD7970
AMD Bulldozer FX4150

1. Install most recent patches: The most recent patches contain performance enhancement that help you repair Far Cry 3 hangs. You can download them from the official website of the game.

2. Close all unnecessary applications: Far Cry 3 slow down if other applications and processes are running in the background. You must end all the open applications before you begin the game.

3. Run Far Cry 3 with High Priority: By running Far Cry 3 with higher priority possibly will fix the game freezes, slow-downs and lags. To do so, open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys. Then, from the Processes tab select Set Priority High.

4. Clean out the registry: If you find the above three methods don't work to repair errors, you then need to run full registry scan with a good software. This will wipe out any junk entries found in the registry and will fix the damaged registry. This will helps improving the game performance.

5. Reinstall the game: You should be able to reinstall Far Cry 3 if it's causing any further problems. It's possible that the program will have some kind of trouble preventing it from running properly, leading the lagging, freezing and slowing downs to occur.