-Aerows-
02-22-2006, 11:33 AM
I know this doesn't affect Titan Quest (since it isn't out, and also why I put it in off-topic), but it probably affects other games you might be playing, such as Dungeon Siege 2, Neverwinter Nights, and the games I mention in the post below that brought the issue to light.
There is an issue with the 8 series of forceware drivers, Geforce 7800's and dual core cpus. It affects both AMD and Intel systems with dual core processors. The 8 Series is multiprocessor aware but apparently awareness does not translate into functionality.
You can find more information here: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=9875&st=0&p=63484&#entry63484
I discovered it when I got my new Dell I9400 with the Geforce 7800 go and a duo core proc. Sacred was playable, but there were these weird little hitches, and fighting the ice elves was a slide show. I knew that my machine *should* not be doing this, but I didn't figure out the depth of the problem until I tried to play KoToR on it. I couldn't make it past the load screen. I resolved both my troubles with Sacred/Sacred Underworld and both KoToR's by rolling back to forceware 77.77. There are also some registry tweaks you can do, as well, but I personally preferred to just use an earlier driver and wait for Microsoft/nVidia to address it in later driver releases.
I hope this helps some of you that are having problems with shiny new systems :)
There is an issue with the 8 series of forceware drivers, Geforce 7800's and dual core cpus. It affects both AMD and Intel systems with dual core processors. The 8 Series is multiprocessor aware but apparently awareness does not translate into functionality.
You can find more information here: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=9875&st=0&p=63484&#entry63484
I discovered it when I got my new Dell I9400 with the Geforce 7800 go and a duo core proc. Sacred was playable, but there were these weird little hitches, and fighting the ice elves was a slide show. I knew that my machine *should* not be doing this, but I didn't figure out the depth of the problem until I tried to play KoToR on it. I couldn't make it past the load screen. I resolved both my troubles with Sacred/Sacred Underworld and both KoToR's by rolling back to forceware 77.77. There are also some registry tweaks you can do, as well, but I personally preferred to just use an earlier driver and wait for Microsoft/nVidia to address it in later driver releases.
I hope this helps some of you that are having problems with shiny new systems :)