What is Lag on a computer game like the Sims 3?

I have The Sims 3 and it works very well on my computer but my friend says that his game has a lot of lag. How slow does a game have to be in order for it to be considered lag?What is Lag on a computer game like the Sims 3?
Your friend probably means that the game stutters, meaning that it provides less than 24 images per second so that a "flowing picture" is out of the question. For example if you use a flip book and let the pages drop slower, the pictures you see will not move in a natural pattern your eyes are used to.

Lag itself means that an online game has a bad connection mostly caused by high latency, the term usually does not apply to games not using an internet connection.
depends on the game: some games lag in a way of giving not enough frames per second(fps) other in a way of slowing down.

when do you call it lag also depends on the game: there are games like flash games that run fine with 30fps and other games that stutter/are slowed down a lot at 30fps.



hope this helped :DWhat is Lag on a computer game like the Sims 3?
If the game is lagging for your friend it means that their computer is not good enough to run the game at the current settings its on, they need to reduce the graphics settings to reduce the lag.
If the game is any slower than it should be, it is considered lag.What is Lag on a computer game like the Sims 3?
lag is when the computers graphics card is carp also lag can be low virtual memory to make the game slow