Gryph Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 I've been reading things where it says enabling VSync actually helps which is rather weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLasticSlug Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 (edited) Earlier people were talking about running to many processes...I was noticing my processes running and i have like 32-33 I knew at one time I was only running 21, I ran adware and norton didnt pick up anything....I also did msconfig and turned off most of my start up processes my question is does anyone know any sites that or just flat out know what process you need to run and which ones you can turn of? thanks' hell id even post them here if that would be easier.... Edited August 8, 2004 by PLasticSlug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 I don't think XP will let you turn off the absolute essential processes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLasticSlug Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 i know but what are the essential and non essential processes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 Non essential processes would normally be stuff that's opened by your user name (as in not System, Local or Network Service) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prican25 Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 well i tested the game on my dual p3 1ghz with 1280mb of sd-ram and gf4 440 mx card (crappy) and it played bad even on low settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLasticSlug Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 I did a defrag, turned off some processes, and went from playing it on low quality and 800 X whatever resolution to being able to play it on high setting on a low resolution doesnt sound right with such a big jump, but i guess a defrag really does speed up your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeval Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 well i tested the game on my dual p3 1ghz with 1280mb of sd-ram and gf4 440 mx card (crappy) and it played bad even on low settings I could be wrong, but it's probably not designed to take advantage of dual processors, so you're essentially running it on a P3 1GHz with a low-end video card and a dumptruck full of RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prican25 Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 yes you're right. the only game i can think that actually had support for dual processors was quake 3 which was by luck hehe but even that game didn't look as pretty as it should with this crappy card but at least it didnt act choppy as doom 3 did for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 Carmack said that the Dual CPU thing is just plain bad because it requires 2 types of code to go in and out, sure, their's "H.T."(referring to Intel's Hyper Threading and AMD's Hyper Trasnport) technology out, but that runs on SLI then the much different Dual CPU's code.Quake 3 wasn't that great on Dual CPU IMO. Side note: ULTRA QUALITY WOOT WOOT! FOR MEH! Only lag when I open doors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 Side note: ULTRA QUALITY WOOT WOOT! FOR MEH! Only lag when I open doors!If you are running with Ultra Quality then I MIGHT be able to play it somewhat decently. I'll probably have like a 10 fps difference though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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