thinkorswim laggy on my PC. Time for an upgrade?

I think that graphics card is too weak. I'm using a a Dell 8700 too but it's a 6700k with a 1060 with 6gb ram and it runs ok (no charts just level2 windows) but the TOS program in general is a huge memory hog.
 
TOS is Java? Then you can try to allocate more memory for the java vm to TOS. People used to do it for TWS.
Google for it
Yes, Java. TOS has a memory allocation setting:
I've already increased the min/max RAM to 4GB/12GB. And the memory usage in TOS Help tab is nowhere near the available memory. And I've seen online mentions by people running TOS w/o lag on machines with 16GB of RAM, so that also leads me to conclude that system RAM isn't the limiting factor as I have 32GB with 12GB allocated to TOS.
 
I think that graphics card is too weak. I'm using a a Dell 8700 too but it's a 6700k with a 1060 with 6gb ram and it runs ok (no charts just level2 windows) but the TOS program in general is a huge memory hog.
How many displays are you running, and are they all connected to the 1060 card or do you have some connected to the Intel integrated graphics?
 
How many displays are you running, and are they all connected to the 1060 card or do you have some connected to the Intel integrated graphics?
I am using 3 4k monitors connected to 1060 via DisplayPort cables and running 60hz. No i am not using the integrated card at all.
 
what refresh rate are your monitors running in?
All 5 are 1920x1080 running at 60Hz refresh.

Edit: Actually, just went to check and one of the monitors (connected to integrated graphics) was at 59Hz. Weird. I changed it to 60Hz.
 
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