CPU bottlenecks

Search for dual core winxp hotfix for amd

There should a registry edit which solves problems with amd dual cores and winxp
 
Ah, I shoulda mentioned, Electrra's machine is running Vista Ultimate.

I *think* I may have found a solution, waiting for PC to restart so I can verify.
 
Alright, I managed to fix the problem. I had to force Vista to detect the 2nd CPU core.

Warhammer's now running quite smoothly on high/very high settings, although I haven't had a chance to test a scenario, and that's where PCs take the most strain. Will confirm tonight.

FWIW, I followed the following steps to force detection of the 2nd core:

Go to start>run>msconfig
Boot Tab
Advanced Button
The startup number of processors was set to 1 and could not be changed
Unchecked the number of processors checkbox
Check Detect HAL box
Click Apply and Reboot
After reboot the number of detected cores were 2

(Checked with Intel Utility that it detected 2 also task manager now showed 2 and windows experiance index increased from 4.4 to 5.3)

Unchecked detect HAL and selected 2 as number of processors.

Checked make all boot settings permanent under Boot tab.

Reboot
 
Nifty :D Sad that my Dual Cores are intel and run as intended :(
 
Pity I didn't see this thread earlier. I could've told you on the first page it wasn't the cpu.

Sigh.

Vista...
 
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