FYI re: Dual Core and Gaming...

[RichPLS]

The List

Got any more to add or comment?

 

[mpjesse]

Yeah, maybe you can create a list of games that fark up using dual core. Like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas!

There is of course an easy fix (go into task manager, right click on the gta_sa.exe process, set affinity to 1 CPU), but rockstar hasn't released a fix or even a work around for this!

Sorry... it just pisses me off. You'd think it would be frightengly simple to write a patch that makes the game use 1 CPU. Or you'd think their support line would be able to tell me how to work around it. Losers.

-mpjesse

 

[RichPLS]

8O Interesting. Maybe spending to much time on attorneys and friv lawsuits than to patching what you already bought.

 

[mpjesse]

Good list BTW.

-mpjesse

 

[RichPLS]

Thanks, it comes up quite a bit, and hard to remember em all.

 

[muchilus]

if he had problems with dual core playing games, i should recommend to install the amd64 drivers for x2 series , and resolve any issue respecting to affinity. It's works for me

 

[mpjesse]

I'm pretty sure I did that... I thought Windows Update did that. Maybe not.

Got a link to it?

-mpjesse

 

[RichPLS]

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=896256


also, AMD drivers...

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_9033,00.html

 

[RichPLS]

http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3951&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0





Note This solution favors performance gains over power savings. Although benchmark performance scores may improve, battery life could be negatively affected. Therefore, this kernel policy change must be enabled in the registry to allow for maximum flexibility.

 

[HardWareBoss]

Quad-Core.

 

[RichPLS]

8O :roll:

 

[HardWareBoss]

Maybe 07 for Quad.

 

[chuckshissle]

okay if the multi core processor is suppos to be the next gen of cpu then why does it suck in gaming. I still heard that the AMD FX-57 is the best cpu for gaming. Are multi core processor do not work as effecient as the single core processor does. How come?

 

[RichPLS]

Are you that ill informed?
You do realize all FX chips hereon and out are dual core!

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-x2_9.html