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    e1705 & game "Painkiller"

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by gd-student, May 31, 2006.

  1. gd-student

    gd-student Notebook Consultant

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    Installed the game on my e1705 w/ 7800. After an error that resulted in me hard rebooting the machine, the game (demo) began to run at an outrageously fast paste (i.e. undead moving too fast, me running too fast, etc.) What's at fault -- 7800, CoreDuo @ 2.0, something else?
     
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    Corrupt install perhaps?
     
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    It *used to* run at normal speed. Perhaps it's the CoreDuo's x2 cores working their magic on my game. Say, maybe because I've put MCE into hibernate mode while the game was running? I've read something about this before in this forum. I'll re-install right now anyway. Any more educated guesses?

    edit: runs at normal speed after re-install. ???
     
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    Have you tried setting the game to run on one core instead of two? (set it to affinity).
     
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    Yes. I did this while the game ran, setting it to "CPU 0" only instead "CPU 0" and "CPU 1." Reinstallation failed -- next run of game is still fast.
     
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    I agree with this. I installed Painkiller on e1705/go7800 and it runs wayyyy to fast. Very strange/
     
    Acolyte, Jun 1, 2006
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    edit- the version of this game is a demo, 0.93, fyi. In addition, I've noticed that the directional keys (UP, DOWN, RIGHT LEFT, or the WASD keys) do not always respond as they should in Painkiller demo and in Unreal Tournament GOTY. When pressed often times, notably the UP/DOWN or W/S, they fail to activate a movement response of my character. This is a big pain in the neck especially in UT. Even when trying to select icons on desktop I get the effect! Do you think it's the e1705's keyboard factory-defect or bad keyboard driver or because I installed a USB wired mouse recently?

    edit- problem w/ keyboard solved; it was a StickyKeys function. As for Painkiller's speed, it has yet to be resolved. I just hope that the full game will have addressed this dual-core problem properly.
     
    gd-student, Jun 1, 2006
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