Dual Core problems in games? ... Found a nice app

modo77 · 28 Apr 2006 at 02:29

Found this nice little app WinLauncherXP http://www.majorgeeks.com/WinLauncherXP_d870.html
It allows you to set affinity and priority for any programs you launch. Saves you having to alt tab back to desktop to disable a core to get the game working. i.e. Battlefield 2.

Sorry if this has been posted before but I didn't see it

cheesyface · 28 Apr 2006 at 11:33

Nice one, but looks like all my probs have been resolved by installing the hotfix./

vanandjuanunited · 28 Apr 2006 at 11:35

Still waiting for dual core issues with my opty 165. Installed it, rebooted and thats all I have done so far. Plays Fear COD2 etc fine.

Yewen · 28 Apr 2006 at 15:03

It only takes a few seconds, maybe 10 at most to manually do it :confused:

MajorPart · 28 Apr 2006 at 15:28

Why can't they resolve Dual core issues in patches rather than putting the extra core to waste.. seems a bit daft.

Yewen · 28 Apr 2006 at 16:02

Patches cost money to make, and the engines the games are based on at the moment are not designed for dual core, some support threading for the P4HT, the games with that fly on X2's usually.

modo77 · 28 Apr 2006 at 17:42

Yewen said:
It only takes a few seconds, maybe 10 at most to manually do it

yeah but some games don't like you alt tabbing for one

Yewen · 28 Apr 2006 at 18:13

Load up menu, alt tab, change exe, alt tab back, games nerfed. You still have taskmanager running, close the exe and reload.

10 seconds, tops and it needs to be done once.

Garp · 28 Apr 2006 at 19:00

Yewen said:
Load up menu, alt tab, change exe, alt tab back, games nerfed. You still have taskmanager running, close the exe and reload.

10 seconds, tops and it needs to be done once.

That assumes you can alt+tab naturally, quite a number of games have issues with this, such as Oblivion.

modo77 · 28 Apr 2006 at 23:13

Yewen said:
Load up menu, alt tab, change exe, alt tab back, games nerfed. You still have taskmanager running, close the exe and reload.

10 seconds, tops and it needs to be done once.

? You loose the affinity setting as soon as you close the process. So it doesn't just need to be done once. Unless you mean something else?

fullfat · 28 Apr 2006 at 23:44

BF2 loses its in game flags so this app is a godsend, cheers to the OP!

MajorPart · 29 Apr 2006 at 00:27

Yewen said:
Patches cost money to make, and the engines the games are based on at the moment are not designed for dual core, some support threading for the P4HT, the games with that fly on X2's usually.

Is there a few games that support HT ?

I havn't even heard of anyone developing a game with dual core utilisation...

modo77 · 29 Apr 2006 at 09:11

MajorPart said:
Is there a few games that support HT ?

I havn't even heard of anyone developing a game with dual core utilisation...

Oblivion came out with it. And there have been patches for Quake 4, COD2 and a few others I can't remember right now.

Seems to make a big difference too, Oblivion's FPS doubled after I upgraded from a 64 3500+. And Quake showed about the same improvement after I patched it.

hungryhungry123 · 30 Apr 2006 at 13:13

google imagecfg, it allows you to permanently patch the exe to use just one core - thats what i do.

chrismox · 30 Apr 2006 at 13:29

hungryhungry123 said:
google imagecfg, it allows you to permanently patch the exe to use just one core - thats what i do.

Which gives you Punkbuster problems with BF2

Yewen · 30 Apr 2006 at 19:49

MajorPart said:
Is there a few games that support HT ?

I havn't even heard of anyone developing a game with dual core utilisation...

One game that makes a HUGE difference to is FM2006.