Author Topic: How to shut down one processer core? (Read 596 times)

Hyflyer81 · « **on:** February 06, 2006, 05:52:28 PM »

Skuzzi how do I shut down one core while playing Aces High I hear this could fix my game play problem with slow motion then fast forward and clipboard spinning?

Cobra7 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2006, 06:30:46 AM »

Hi Roy,

The solution I described to you works for me. Thanks alot.

If you want to tell people how to disable a processor for Aces High.....

1. Start AH, login, go to the tower (must be in game otherwise the clipboard gets screwed up)
2. Minimize AH (alt Tab)
3. Ctl-Alt-Del ->Task Manager ->Processes
4. RIGHT click on aceshigh.exe
5. click "Select Affinity" and uncheck one processor
6. close down Task Manager (not END TASK)
7. maximize AH

Werks 4 ME

Cobra

OOZ662 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2006, 10:35:57 PM »

I used to do that until I found out the source of my problem to be different. Now I can't get the other "core" to run along with AH. Still shows 50% CPU useage. It's not a dual-core though; hyper-threading.

Cobra7 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2006, 06:40:03 AM »

I think the problem is with AH, but the fix described above for ATHLON X2 chips with NVidia cards works fine. If you don't have an X2 chip, then its not for you.

OOZ662 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2006, 06:12:04 PM »

I did that like 4 months ago; it wasn't you that inspired me.

Hyflyer81 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 10, 2006, 09:25:15 PM »

OZZ662 not sure what your doing or talking about but the problem we are having with our Athalon X2 duel core computers is we need to shut down one core to play AH to stop our problem! How can you be shutting down or have the problem we are if you dont have an X2?

OOZ662 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2006, 09:48:24 PM »

Hyper-threading makes the computer use one core as if it were two, or something like that. The computer THINKS it has a dual core CPU, though it's an Intel 3.0C GHz P4 Northwood core. My problem was totally unrelated and has since been solved; I was just stating that I can now only use one "core" of my CPU with AH. I was hoping someone would pop in and say "Oh yeah, that happened to me, here's how ya fix it..."

FalconSS · « **Reply #7 on:** February 11, 2006, 02:07:14 PM »

Thanks Cobra, this fix has seemed to have worked for my problem of game lock and screen freeze ups knock on wood (raps knuckles on top of head) anyway thanks again

Skuzzy · « **Reply #8 on:** February 13, 2006, 09:31:57 AM »

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Originally posted by Cobra7
I think the problem is with AH, but the fix described above for ATHLON X2 chips with NVidia cards works fine. If you don't have an X2 chip, then its not for you.

The problem is not with AH. This is something we have no control over. It is at the operating system level, or lower, where the issue resides.

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #9 on:** February 20, 2006, 09:49:27 AM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
The problem is not with AH. This is something we have no control over. It is at the operating system level, or lower, where the issue resides.

If you are right why am I only having the problem with your application and no others? Anyone else feel free to pipe in if they have found another app that locks up with dual core. It is your problem because there are more and more dual core systems being sold. Thats a lot more people who download the game only to have it lock up. If I had started the game after the problem arose I sure would have deleted it immediately instead of spending the time to find a work around like I did. The way I figure it I'm not going to run something that screwed upon my system since I don't want to risk further messing it up just for a game. It's only because I know you guys and had been using the product prior to this "feature" that I stayed with it. No less than 80% of those who see your ad and run into the same issue will not go look up the work around and do it just for your game. Not fixing the problem will cost you a lot of money.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #10 on:** February 20, 2006, 12:33:48 PM »

Rabbid, you have any idea on how threading works in Windows? The application has little, to no control, on how the threading is done. Threading is controlled at the operating system level and in the drivers.

Also note, you have very few threaded applications in the marketplace, and even fewer DirectX games which are truly threaded

Also note, dual core Intel's do not suffer the same problem as the dual core AMD systems do.

Also note, MS has issued one hot fix for this problem, which has not completely fixed the problem.

We cannot fix something which is not in our control. Oh sure, we could disable threading, then listen to the incredible number of people scream about various performance issues.
There is a work-around, which addresses this issue. It will have to do until MS/AMD/NVidia decide how to fix it permanently.