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Started by TomYoung
Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:19
Quake 3 on AMD Dual Core Processor?
Author: TomYoung
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:19
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:19
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Just got a new computer loaded with Windows Vista and an AMD Athlon 64 x2 dual core processor. I was suprised how poorly Quake 3 performed on this rig: the game seems to stutter along instead of playing smoothly as it did on my old box. Looking around the Internet it seems like this has something to do with how Quake 3 gets its timing information. Windows XP apparently has its own set of problems with dual core CPSs. Solutions mentioned to fix this include: 1) An AMD Dual-Core Optimizer program available from AMD's site 2) Some sort of driver, also available from AMD, for fixing the Windows XP issue. 3) A "hotfix" from Microsoft that also deals with the Windows XP problem. I haven't run across any mention of a Windows Vista problem with dual core CPUs. Given all this it seems like the only program I need to download and install is AMD'd Dual-Core Optimizer. Is this correct? TIA. Tom Young
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