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jyparkcan   05-23-2009 at 07:35:14 AM

Hello.
I had the Phenom x3 8400 for about a year now.
I had absolutely no problems with it. In fact, I was pretty happy with it.
However, recently I started playing Company of Heroes, which caused my CPU to lag like hell.
I get the feeling that the game uses only 1 core, because larger maps lag me to death and as more units spawn the game is very stuttery.
Other games run perfect with my HD4850 (Crysis@30fps, CoD4@100fps, etc)
Anyone know a hotfix for this? Any help would be appreciated.
And if I HAVE to upgrade my cpu, I'm planning on the Phenom II x3 720.
I have an ASUS M2N-LA (Narra3) mobo with Phoenix AwardBIOS 6.00PG, will it support the Phenom IIs???
Thanks in advance!

------------------------------ Windows XP Pro. SP3/AMD Phenom x3 8400@2.11GHz/3GB RAM/640GB HDD/Ultra 600W PSU/ASUS M2N-LA (NARRA3) Motherboard/HIS Radeon HD4850
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AKM880   05-23-2009 at 09:58:10 AM
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What resolution are you playing your games at?

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zipzoomflyhigh   05-23-2009 at 03:38:10 PM
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You need to go to Asus website and look up your mobo's cpu support list, just cause your lazy nobody is going to do it for you.

And yes, its a huge bottleneck.

------------------------------ P965/Q6700@3.2 8MB HD4850 OC Edition
4GB Corsair XMS 800
Vista64/Win7
Fatality 550w/Antec 300
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jyparkcan   05-23-2009 at 09:27:32 PM
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I'm running the game at 1280x1024, and I think my graphic card is good enough to handle that.
And yes, my motherboard NARRA3 supports the Phenom 8400, or any other Phenom up to 95W (socket AM2+).

------------------------------ Windows XP Pro. SP3/AMD Phenom x3 8400@2.11GHz/3GB RAM/640GB HDD/Ultra 600W PSU/ASUS M2N-LA (NARRA3) Motherboard/HIS Radeon HD4850
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zipzoomflyhigh   05-23-2009 at 10:45:30 PM
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So your motherboard supports the Phenom 8400, hmmmm.....thats interesting because in your first post you said you had a 8400 in that motherboard for a year now.....yet you just figured out that the mobo supports it. lol


Message edited by zipzoomflyhigh on 05-23-2009 at 10:47:54 PM
------------------------------ P965/Q6700@3.2 8MB HD4850 OC Edition
4GB Corsair XMS 800
Vista64/Win7
Fatality 550w/Antec 300
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jyparkcan   05-24-2009 at 03:58:42 AM
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Lol, I knew that my mobo supported it, only that I was afraid it couldn't be used to its full potential
because the BIOS was locked and could not be updated further.
Anyways, the problem was lying in NOD32, which I erased and got a new antivirus.
Company of Heroes runs pretty smooth now.
I appreciate the help though :) Thanks.

------------------------------ Windows XP Pro. SP3/AMD Phenom x3 8400@2.11GHz/3GB RAM/640GB HDD/Ultra 600W PSU/ASUS M2N-LA (NARRA3) Motherboard/HIS Radeon HD4850
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