Computer Problem

[oromis]

A while after I got my new computer with a dual core processor, games like TF2 and L4D2, games that required moderately decent computers to run, ran extremely slowly, skipping sound, running almost at half the speed they should be. I found out that if I went into the processes tab and went to hl2.exe, or l4d2.exe and right clicked and set the affinity to CPU 0 off and CPU 1 on, the game ran fine. Just today, I started the get that skipping sound and slowness again, even though the one core was off. I'm not sure if other games require me to change cores, but I usually do it for most games on the Source engine. Games like HL2 and garrys mod run a little slower if i don't set their affinity.

•Why did I need to set the games to 1 core in the first place?
•Why did the problem rise again today?

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[battlebrain]

no one cares about his apparently

[Tom Gunn]

I do :o

I just don't know what to say

[battlebrain]

I do :o

I just don't know what to say

...lol

[dkamm65]

no one cares about his apparently

Leave.

Core 0 doesn't mean it's using 0 cores, it means your first core, core 1 is your second core. Make sure you have both checked or "<All Processors>" checked.

[Roknrollwill]

no one cares about his apparently

This is an example of somebody that ruins life.

Leave if you don't care.

[kitty007]

I make computers and know the problem it's because Your motherboard is not compatible with more then one core (If you want to look it up,Go to google and type " ___(Your motherboard) computability with multi cores
processors"

[Miga]

I make computers and know the problem it's because Your motherboard is not compatible with more then one core (If you want to look it up,Go to google and type " ___(Your motherboard) computability with multi cores
processors"

WRONG. Please do more research before posting things you don't have any idea about.
If the motherboard wasn't compatible with a dual-core processor, it would not boot up at all. It would power on, show nothing on the screen, act like there was no processor in the machine.

[dkamm65]

I make computers and know the problem it's because Your motherboard is not compatible with more then one core (If you want to look it up,Go to google and type " ___(Your motherboard) computability with multi cores
processors"

I hate you.

[Marcem]

Is multicore rendering turned on?

[Syntho]

I make computers and know the problem it's because Your motherboard is not compatible with more then one core (If you want to look it up,Go to google and type " ___(Your motherboard) computability with multi cores
processors"

I doubt you can make computers.

[Righteous One]

The problem confuses me quite a bit. You should not have to tell your cores to dedicate to one thing.


Set both of them to on and see what happens.

Kitty can go die btw

[Roknrollwill]

Kitty can go die btw

/bandwagon

[Dodger]

I'm not really tech savvy, but I would say what others have already said and make sure all your cores are on and there is no major background applications running.

[oromis]

Core 0 doesn't mean it's using 0 cores, it means your first core, core 1 is your second core. Make sure you have both checked or "<All Processors>" checked.

I know, and when i have all processors checked, that's what makes it slow down.

Is multicore rendering turned on?

I'll google it in the meantime, but is multicore rendering something that can turn off on it's own? Because this computer has worked with games like these all the time when I first got it. Google'd it, now I know it's a game option. That could very possibly be it, I'll go try that. Thanks  marcem.

EDIT: It was on, although Disabled was recommended, although turning it off didn't make a difference.

Set both of them to on and see what happens.

See: OP

make sure all your cores are on

See: OP