Vista Quad Core/Dual Core Performance Issue Solved !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrCrawdad]

Hi Everyone,

I don't believe that this is a sound related problem (at least for Vista). Due to the fact that sound is manipulated/rendered via software and therefore would be executed on a different CPU core. Here is a solution that I found for myself.

As you know, this game is primarily a single threaded game. I found that when running my AMD with cool and quiet enabled via bios my processor speed throttled down to a 5.5x multiplier at only 1250 Mhz. The fix was to change my power setting (temporarily) to high performance where the CPU was set to run at 100%. I now run the game at 1024x768 32bit color texture=high shader=high and all the other eye-candy turned on as well. Not sure of the frame rate, but definitely fluid. I mistakingly found the solution while running super-pi on another core while playing the game. This prevented the CPU from idling.

Please respond with your results regarding this procedure.


My Specs
Vista 64 Ultimate
4 gig ram @ 800 Mhz
AMD Quad-Core O/C'ed to 2450 Mhz
ATI 3870 X1 Graphics card (Not O/C ed)
Realtek Audio & Creative USB Headset

[EventHorizon]

Yeah, I found the same thing a week or so ago with the rig detailed in my sig.

[Kapakio]

I have Windows Vista 32 in an Intel processor, so I guess this solution is not good for me.

[pjknibbs]

I understood that Vista didn't have this issue with Cool'n'Quiet, but I see you're running it. Is there a newer driver for the AMD Phenom that you can download from their website for Vista? That might fix the issue without having to change your Cool'n'Quiet settings.

[EventHorizon]

Nope, no drivers for Vista.

[BigBANGtheory]

I have high performance on my Vista x64 power options and a Quad core, whilst I do not seem to be as badly effected as others I do get some performance issues as described in the many threads on this sub forum (and check back on a daily basis for some news of a fix).

I also have increased the thread priority for the X3:TC exe which also helped a little, but considering my system 'does what bears do in the woods' to the recommended specs I would expect things to run a little smoother.

Don't get me wrong the game is 'playable', but there are occasions when FPS drops to >5fps and that aint right. Suffice to say I am exploring the trading side of the game atm.