Game is using 1 core instead of two !!!

[dipu]

I have played Crysis Warhead recently. The recent game titles are able to take advantage from Multicore Processors. But I was disappoint that crysis Warhead didnot used the two Cores of my AMD 4800+[2.5GHz X 2=5].
Does anyone has the same problem I have or It is just because AMD !

[vicaphit]

AMD has a dual core optimizer fix that can be installed, have you installed this?

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Tec ... 06,00.html

[dipu]

I knew it but the driver is old. I am downloading that now let you know when installed.

[DMB2000uk]

What graphics card do you have?

Dan

[dipu]

What graphics card do you have?

I am using the builtin graphics card.

AMD has a dual core optimizer fix that can be installed, have you installed this?

Yes and that doesnot fixes my problem.

Any help now?

May be Dan was upto something.

[DMB2000uk]

Even if you could get the second CPU working with the game, your framerate would still be limited by your graphics card on your motherboard (it's essentially a cut down X700). So in this case (and any other case involving gaming ), you shouldn't worry too much.

Dan

[dipu]

So Its about the Builtin graphics? What if I install a graphics card? Will it use the 2 Core ?

[largon]

Yep, you're not seeing the game using the 2nd core because there's little to use it for.
Onboard graphics -> h u g e GPU bottleneck -> CPU sits around in idle and waits for GPU

Upgrading the GFX would most certainly make the 2nd core busy. That is, if the upgrade card is powerful enough.

For what it's worth, I'm running Warhead everything @ Enthusiast except textures and shadows and the game only uses around 1½ cores of my 3.6GHz Q6600 (quad core).