what am i doing wrong :S

pl. · 18 Jun 2006 at 17:36

well for some wit reason steam games (ingeneral) r still laggin :mad:

any1 kno why :confused:

my rig is dwn the bottom

loltim · 18 Jun 2006 at 17:47

The games you're playing, are they dual core ready?

pl. · 18 Jun 2006 at 18:15

the only games i seem to have trouble with is half life2 + ep1 + css. also bf2

gam3r · 18 Jun 2006 at 18:25

do you mean lagging as in internet lagging or framerate lagging?

What motherboard are you using btw?

EDIT: 1000th post

pl. · 18 Jun 2006 at 18:48

nothing to do wit the net. fps mybe bt mybe the sound

gam3r said:
EDIT: 1000th post

lol.

DaveyD · 18 Jun 2006 at 18:49

Have a look at a couple of these, see if they help:

http://support.steampowered.com/cgi...WFyY2hfdGV4dD1kdWFsIGNvcmU*&p_li=&p_topview=1
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17581539&highlight=dual+core

Have a post on the Steam forums if you still have troubles and if it's just Source based games.

Insanity · 18 Jun 2006 at 19:00

gam3r said:
EDIT: 1000th post

Quick, go make a thread about it in GD!! You'll get a prize if you do.

gam3r · 18 Jun 2006 at 19:09

Insanity said:
Quick, go make a thread about it in GD!! You'll get a prize if you do.

Lol, the prize is mass flames by all other forum members?

DaveyD · 18 Jun 2006 at 19:10

gam3r said:
Lol, the prize is mass flames by all other forum members?

More like -400 to -2000 posts.

Stellios · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:01

DaveyD said:
More like -400 to -2000 posts.

Yep, i got 200 posts taken off me

I believe there can be problems with dual core CPUs in some games, but there is a programs that will fix it, cant remember the name though. If you ask in the CPUs section they will tell you probably.

Just to make sure:

-you have your rates set properly?
-Maybe try turning vsync off

Boogle · 19 Jun 2006 at 12:43

Stellios said:
I believe there can be problems with dual core CPUs in some games, but there is a programs that will fix it, cant remember the name though. If you ask in the CPUs section they will tell you probably.

'Runfirst'. Put the exe in the Windows dir, then you can just update your shortcuts to RunFirst <original shortcut path>. Then when you run the game via the shortcut its automatically run on a single core.

LoadsaMoney · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:05

gam3r said:
do you mean lagging as in internet lagging or framerate lagging?

What motherboard are you using btw?

EDIT: 1000th post

Prepare to have your post count slashed for mentioning it once spotted.

Lagmeister · 19 Jun 2006 at 16:54

What is your motherboard, I know there are some problems with certain Asus Motherboard Bios revisions and steam, I know this all to well, which was when I discovered that my floppy drive didnt work, and I fell on my USB key, now that was a day to remember.

pl. · 19 Jun 2006 at 20:29

Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe mobo.

but it is more down to sum games aint compatible with dual

BloodWolf · 19 Jun 2006 at 20:53

Hmm, i'm on dc, and i see nothing like this on all those games you said ? :rolleyes:

pl. · 19 Jun 2006 at 21:03

whats your spec btw

BloodWolf · 19 Jun 2006 at 21:07

pl. said:
whats your spec btw

Sorry me?

Lagmeister · 19 Jun 2006 at 21:39

pl. said:
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe mobo.

but it is more down to sum games aint compatible with dual

Find your Bios revision, you may need to update it

mark_t50 · 20 Jun 2006 at 09:28

pl. said:
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe mobo.

but it is more down to sum games aint compatible with dual

Hi, I have a dual core system (Asus A8N-Sli Premium + X2 4400) and I play all the games your having issues with. They work fine on my system. I use to have problems until I installed the latest AMD CPU Drivers, The Microsoft XP SP2 Dual Core fix + registry tweak. I never have to run any of my games off one core, everything just seems to work fine now.

Here is what I posted in a different thread on this:

mark_t50 said:
1). install the latest AMD CPU drivers

2). Install the MS hotfix (if your XP SP2) as per technet article: http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=896256 remembering to do the registry tweaks outlined in the article.

3). Check your boot.ini has the /usepmtimer at the end of the [operating system] line that boots your system

The reason I ask is that I have an X2 4400 and initially had problems with a few games such as EQ2, Rfactor, GTR plus a few others, since I did all three things above I have had much better luck with running games without having to run em of 1 core including BF2 and TRD3.

Lagmeister · 20 Jun 2006 at 10:53

There is a problem with that motherboard running games on bios revisions before revision 0311, but that affected a lot more than just the steam games, is it just steam games?