Difference between revisions of "Game Help:Dual Core Issues"
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| + | * [http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/05/28/getting_more_bang_out_of_your_dual_processing_buck/index.html Toms Hardware guide on Processor Affinity] | ||
| + | * [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909944/en-us Microsoft's article on Dual core processors] | ||
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Revision as of 17:08, 21 February 2008
Contents |
Dual Core Issues
Problem(s)
- The game is quite jerky, even at high framerates, and may intermittently crash.
- Things seem to run slow and fast randomly.
Cause
This is because the game has compatibility issues with dual core CPUs. So not only is there no performance boost with dual core CPUs, there are actually issues which require the following steps to be resolved...
Solution
To fix this problem, you must set your processor affinity manually. Note that setting processor affinity automatically is not possible without 3rd party software (in other words, it's not inbuilt into XP or Vista and this process, without extra tools, must be performed each time you run the game).
Setting Processor Affinity Manually:
- Launch the game.
- As soon as the game appears to begin loading, or after it has loaded up, press CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up the Task Manager.
- Under the Processes tab, find the nameofthegame.exe process (Sims2EP5.exe, for example), right-click on it, select 'Set Affinity'
- In the box which appears, keep 'CPU 0' ticked but untick all other boxes.
Related Links
Credits
Thanks to Echo for originally sharing this information.
