Dual Core Processor Problem

My friend has recently install a dual core processor, and now when he plays the game "Freelancer" it really stutters.. he has the latest drivers.

 

What dual core processor? What computer? What GPU? C'mon, at least give us a little something to work off of.

 

Did you apply any arctic silver 5 or similar before putting in the new processor?

 

Try downloading imagecfg and setting the game to run on one core. You can find the file and instructions here.

 

Ok, his pc setup (which is all i can get) is:

X1950Pro
2gb Ram
AMD X2 Dual Core 4200+
Windows XP

Not to sure about the silver 5 thing, what is that?

And yes he has ran it on one core, didnt fix at all...

also he has tried to run on different compatibility modes (it ran slightly better on Windows 2000 mode)...

 

can anybody tell me?

 

arctic silver is a type of thermal paste you use between the CPU and heatsink to help transfer heat.

if he didnt apply it then the CPU will be overheating or heating up to a point it cannot function properly

it seems like the obvious case but maybe he should reinstall XP?

 

Arctic Silver 5 is a type of thermal paste which is applied to the cpu and serves to improve contact between the chip and the heat sink, and helps to bring down temperatures.

 

I would go with a reinstall of XP first. A large number of processors function perfectly fine while playing games without AS5/thermal compound.

Plus, Freelancer was released 2 years after Windows XP debuted. I seriously doubt your friend needs to use some kind of compatibility mode for this game.

Regards,

Z.

 

I would start with the XP dual core hotfix.

Then I would look at the CPU utilisation and temperature using RMClock or similar.

If the CPU is well below 100% utilisation (you can check each core separately) and the CPU temperature is below around 80C then it is unlikely that the CPU is the problem. If the utilisation is at 100% then you can use Task Manager to see of other processes are using substantial CPU time. If the temperature is 90C or more then the CPU may be throttling in order to control its temperature. The right amount of thermal paste is critical. None is no good and too much is probably worse. It just needs to be a very thin layer.

John