Blaster Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 (edited) Can dual processors make you run faster or do any strange anomolies? Someone who is running very fast online claims that to be the case. PLEASE DO NOT LOCK THIS THREAD OR DELETE IT. IM NOT TALKING ABOUT CHEATING. FOR SOME STRANGE REASON IT ISNT ALLOWED HERE. Cheating ruined GR1 for me. I hope Grin does something about it. Why we cant address this serious subject on this forum I dont know. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF DUAL PROCESSORS CAN DO STRANGE THINGS TO GRAW. I Have dual processors and my game runs normal except sometimes I press my mouse button to fire and nothing happens. Edited May 30, 2006 by Blaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa6 Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I've heard that Dual cores can be hampered. but if the game or program is optimized for multi threading, then you'll reap the reward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoQuarter Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Lets all cross our fingers...I would'nt recommend holding your breath though, lack of oxygen does bad bad things to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theWalrusKing Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 it all depends on the program/game, if it is multi threaded or not, most arent however. But I think that if you have two hefty progs working at once the pc will know enough to split the work on two cores, one prog on a core. so for instance its alot cleaner burning a DVD while editing video all at once with no slow down. But as for games Im not sure. It certainly wont make u run faster, as in 10mph instead of 5mph, it may tho help the graphics and AI, maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlestx Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I run an Intel 2.8 dual core, and there is nothing weird about how GRAW runs. I Find it highly unlikely that a dual core processor can make you run faster or cause any undue side affects at all. Sounds rather screwy to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaster Posted May 30, 2006 Author Share Posted May 30, 2006 Wouldnt a dual core be better than a single if you are using GRAW and Teamspeak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmonk Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Wouldnt a dual core be better than a single if you are using GRAW and Teamspeak? Yep. And to answer the other questions- Dual core only affected games when they were new, but was mainly a problem on the CPU side(which has been hotfixed). If the game does not take advantage of dual core, then the game simply just uses one core as any other typical CPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Wouldnt a dual core be better than a single if you are using GRAW and Teamspeak? Correct... that is why you even see P4's with hyperthreading not having this issue (hyperthreading gives it a virtual processor to run other apps off of) My P4 runs at 50% the other thread handles everything else Leaving 50% available for ts and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degamer Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I have an AMD dual core and Graw runs just fine with no abnormalities either in single player or multiplayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge_Recluse Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Just upgraded to an AMD Athlon 64 4600 X2, and see nothing out of the normal when playing. Was playing lastnight, and while i was on a dead sprint, some guy ran past me at speeds Flash would be jealous of. I asked him in chat if he was running Dual Core, and he "lol'ed" and said i should get one to unlock the potential of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 I have a 3.0 GHz Pentium D (2 cores), and has no funny effects in GRAW like increased speed or so. I thinks this 'dual core increased running speed' is just fiction... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai-San Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Can dual processors make you run faster or do any strange anomolies? Someone who is running very fast online claims that to be the case. I find wearing my grans Bi-Focal glasses while playing means I can run while zoomed in, and if I couple that with wearing my friends sons skateboard knee pads then for some reason I can slide around the whole map without standing up once Seriously though m8, that is a total fallacy and if he was running fast then he was cheating, plain and simple, and using a ridiculace 'Dual Core' myth as a cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiles4 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Since GRAW isn't multi-threaded, this is total nonsense. Even if GRAW was MT, a second core wouldn't let you run faster. It's possible you could get higher frames, maybe during an explosion for example. But even that assumes that your performance with GRAW was cpu-bound which I'm guessing for that vast majority of us just ain't gonna happen. Dual-core helps when running apps simultaneously but I doubt it would help much with TeamSpeak specifically. Performance with TS is probably more reliant on bandwidth than processor power - unless you're really hurtin'. My performance with voice comms was directly related to my ping now that I think of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Running X2 4400 Dual Core just fine also. Too bad the game isn't MTed. I have run my dual core with both cores and also with just one core and could find no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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