My PC (few weeks old)
• case & psu, Nexus Breeze 500W
• motherboard, ASUS S939 NF4 SLI COOL PIPE 2*GLAN A8N-SLI PREMIUM
• cpu, AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4400+ S939 BOX ADA4400CDBOX
• graphic card, ASUSTEK GF7800 GTX TOP PCI-E 2X DVI+VIVO EN7800GTXTOP/2DHTV/2
• ram, KINGSTON DDR 2x 1GB 400MHZ NON ECC CL3 KVR400X64C3A/1G
• DVD, NEC ND-3540 Dvd+-rw Dl 16x Black Bulk 50028143
• storage, 3 x BARRACUDA 7200.7 200GB SERIAL ATA/150 ST3200822AS
• soundcard, SB Audigy Player II, PCI
• A-Link PCI USB2-card
• D-Link DWL-G122 USB WLAN
• floppy
Display: Dell LCD 1905FP
Resolution: 1280x1024, 32bit, 4xAF/8xAA from display driver settings, V-sync is enabled.
OS: XP & SP2 + all windows updates, XP "firewall" is enabled and latest AntiVir-software is installed.
Installed drivers
Bios: 1009 final, not overclocked, all unnecessary devices are disabled
Motherboard: nForce4_amd_6.70_winxp2k_international,
Graphic card: 81.85_forceware_winxp2k_international
Soundcard: kxdrv3537f-full
WLAN: 1.4.2004/v.1.0.0.0
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core, 26.10.2004/1.2.2.0, Cool'nQuiet disabled
3Dmark05 give 8680 points with default settings.
When I wrote this, cpu are 36 C / 96 F & motherboard 29 C / 94 F, when playing its a little over 40 c.
PROBLEM
Fps is very low/strutters with LFS S2 and few other games too.
I'm getting only 20-40 fps in Blackwood/South City Classic in single game with all cpu drivers, 1280x1024, 32bit, AA/AF off etc.
I'm pretty sure that this problem is because dual core processor, never had these problems with A64 4000+. (1600x1200, AAx4 & AFx8, V-Sync on) It rolled like a dream
Off course I have tried several driver settings with or without AF/AA, Fast Write etc. but problem still exist.
I have tested LFS S2 with several display settings too, lowest to highest details, reset settings etc.
Tested with ROPE & WinLauncherXP too, disabling second cpu core.
Never before had problems with Live For Speed S1/S2, this is my 4-5 pc with LFS.
When not playing, PC works just great, never failed.
I have read from several forums that this problem aren't unique with X2 cpu series.
If you could you give any help, any solution for this problem, I will be very gratefull!!
I have re-installed XP three times now with testing purpose, 2 times with SATA HD and latest install was yesterday to one of my spare IDE ATA harddisk with these instructions below.
1.) Install XP Professional from CD - Clean Install
2.) Install latest XP service pack 2
3.) Install nVidia Chipset Driver 6.70
4.) Install AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver for Windows XP
5.) Install/Configure Windows XP SP2 Dual Core Performance Fix
6.) Modify Registry Settings
7.) Install nVidia ForceWare driver 81.85
8.) Install drivers for Sound Card
9.) Install directX9.0c
100% working games
rFactor
Quake 4
Flatout
PES5
Fear
NHL2006 with WinLauncherXP (using only one cpu core)
Far Cry
Richard Burns Rally
Call Of Duty 2
Games with problems too
- The Chronicles Of Riddick, starting problems
- GTR, fps very low
- FIFA2006, starting problems
if I disable one cpu core with these games, problem still exist.
If you wan't more details, I have made topic earlier to AMD site, : http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showtopic=60146
THX,
Vision
• case & psu, Nexus Breeze 500W
• motherboard, ASUS S939 NF4 SLI COOL PIPE 2*GLAN A8N-SLI PREMIUM
• cpu, AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4400+ S939 BOX ADA4400CDBOX
• graphic card, ASUSTEK GF7800 GTX TOP PCI-E 2X DVI+VIVO EN7800GTXTOP/2DHTV/2
• ram, KINGSTON DDR 2x 1GB 400MHZ NON ECC CL3 KVR400X64C3A/1G
• DVD, NEC ND-3540 Dvd+-rw Dl 16x Black Bulk 50028143
• storage, 3 x BARRACUDA 7200.7 200GB SERIAL ATA/150 ST3200822AS
• soundcard, SB Audigy Player II, PCI
• A-Link PCI USB2-card
• D-Link DWL-G122 USB WLAN
• floppy
Display: Dell LCD 1905FP
Resolution: 1280x1024, 32bit, 4xAF/8xAA from display driver settings, V-sync is enabled.
OS: XP & SP2 + all windows updates, XP "firewall" is enabled and latest AntiVir-software is installed.
Installed drivers
Bios: 1009 final, not overclocked, all unnecessary devices are disabled
Motherboard: nForce4_amd_6.70_winxp2k_international,
Graphic card: 81.85_forceware_winxp2k_international
Soundcard: kxdrv3537f-full
WLAN: 1.4.2004/v.1.0.0.0
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core, 26.10.2004/1.2.2.0, Cool'nQuiet disabled
3Dmark05 give 8680 points with default settings.
When I wrote this, cpu are 36 C / 96 F & motherboard 29 C / 94 F, when playing its a little over 40 c.
PROBLEM
Fps is very low/strutters with LFS S2 and few other games too.
I'm getting only 20-40 fps in Blackwood/South City Classic in single game with all cpu drivers, 1280x1024, 32bit, AA/AF off etc.
I'm pretty sure that this problem is because dual core processor, never had these problems with A64 4000+. (1600x1200, AAx4 & AFx8, V-Sync on) It rolled like a dream
Off course I have tried several driver settings with or without AF/AA, Fast Write etc. but problem still exist.
I have tested LFS S2 with several display settings too, lowest to highest details, reset settings etc.
Tested with ROPE & WinLauncherXP too, disabling second cpu core.
Never before had problems with Live For Speed S1/S2, this is my 4-5 pc with LFS.
When not playing, PC works just great, never failed.
I have read from several forums that this problem aren't unique with X2 cpu series.
If you could you give any help, any solution for this problem, I will be very gratefull!!
I have re-installed XP three times now with testing purpose, 2 times with SATA HD and latest install was yesterday to one of my spare IDE ATA harddisk with these instructions below.
1.) Install XP Professional from CD - Clean Install
2.) Install latest XP service pack 2
3.) Install nVidia Chipset Driver 6.70
4.) Install AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver for Windows XP
5.) Install/Configure Windows XP SP2 Dual Core Performance Fix
6.) Modify Registry Settings
7.) Install nVidia ForceWare driver 81.85
8.) Install drivers for Sound Card
9.) Install directX9.0c
100% working games
rFactor
Quake 4
Flatout
PES5
Fear
NHL2006 with WinLauncherXP (using only one cpu core)
Far Cry
Richard Burns Rally
Call Of Duty 2
Games with problems too
- The Chronicles Of Riddick, starting problems
- GTR, fps very low
- FIFA2006, starting problems
if I disable one cpu core with these games, problem still exist.
If you wan't more details, I have made topic earlier to AMD site, : http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showtopic=60146
THX,
Vision