I installed Morrowind today on an Intel Core2Duo laptop and I was a bit disappointed by the framerate. The graphics card is quite fine for these levels of graphics, but then Morrowind has always been a very CPU dependent game. Lots of scripts running in the background.
Is there any way at all you can still make older games take advantage of multicore systems? This is my first multicore machine, I thought I wouldn't have to switch for a long time to come. I'm a newbie.
Old games on multicores.
Old games on multicores.
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
Run old games smoothly in multi-core system
That seems to have some effect. The one downside is that you'd have to redo it every single time you run the game. If anyone has seen this before or knows of a way to enable it permanently for a specific process.. much obliged.
Edit: actually this isn't giving as much of a jump in fps as I had hoped. A solution for the thing may be along these lines, but this definitely isn't it.
That seems to have some effect. The one downside is that you'd have to redo it every single time you run the game. If anyone has seen this before or knows of a way to enable it permanently for a specific process.. much obliged.
Edit: actually this isn't giving as much of a jump in fps as I had hoped. A solution for the thing may be along these lines, but this definitely isn't it.
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
laptops
from what I have seen as to laptops the manufacturers lower the clock rates on laptop processors to decrease power consumption. if the game is cpu dependent then a low cpu clock will make it run horribly. the way around this is to raise the cpu clock speed in the bios or a windows program, which not every chipset/motherboard supports. given that it is a laptop i would not overclock it just for one game given the tight spaces which limit the thermal abilities, the ability to stay cool, and could shorten the life of the components near the cpu and the cpu itself.
from what I have seen as to laptops the manufacturers lower the clock rates on laptop processors to decrease power consumption. if the game is cpu dependent then a low cpu clock will make it run horribly. the way around this is to raise the cpu clock speed in the bios or a windows program, which not every chipset/motherboard supports. given that it is a laptop i would not overclock it just for one game given the tight spaces which limit the thermal abilities, the ability to stay cool, and could shorten the life of the components near the cpu and the cpu itself.
-
fable
- Posts: 30676
- Joined: Wed Mar 14, 2001 12:00 pm
- Location: The sun, the moon, and the stars.
- Contact:
Morrowind is not optimized for dual core machines, and came out long before them. I've seen one person comment over the years about INI file commands you could add to change that, but they had nothing to back it up, not even their own use--having gotten it from someone else--and nobody agreed with them.
To the Righteous belong the fruits of violent victory. The rest of us will have to settle for warm friends, warm lovers, and a wink from a quietly supportive universe.