Originally posted by EmperorFaiz.png:

• 𝐒𝐅𝐌 𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐎 𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐖/ 𝐋𝐀𝐆𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆/ 𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐅𝐏𝐒
  
  • Disable the ambient occlusion (AO) by right click the primary/secondary viewport, render settings and untick AO. Don't forget to re-enable it before rendering.
    
  • Disable lighting by right click the viewport and disable it and re-enable it later.
    
  • Make sure to shut down any running program that uses a lot of resources like a video game or 3D modeling software.
    
  • Close the secondary viewport because two viewports showing up at the same time forcing SFM to use more resources to render the scene twice more.
  
  If neither works, it means your PC doesn't meet the minimum requirements to use SFM.
  
  • Processor: 3.0 GHz P4, dual-core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
    
  • Memory: 2 GB (4 GB suggested)
    
  • Hard disk space: At least 15 GB of space
    
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce 200–series card or better, or AMD Radeon 3000–series card or better (NVIDIA GeForce 400–series, AMD Radeon 5000–series, or GeForce GTX 580 with 4-GB graphics memory and 1.5-GB video memory recommended)
    
  • Monitor: 1280 x 720 (1920 x 1080 at 72 Hz recommended)
    
  • Audio: DirectX 9.0c–compatible sound card
    
  • Mouse: Three-button mouse with mouse wheel
    
  • Microphone: USB headset with microphone (recommended)