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Article #8Re: Quake3 + XFree86-4.0.3 + Voodoo3 = Death Slow
From: Crap Name [AGQx]
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 08:42
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 08:42
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> > I'm having a bit of trouble getting Quake3Arena to play at an > > acceptable speed. My setup is as follows: > > CPU: dual PII-overdrives 333MHz > > Quake 3 Arena does not use dual CPU systems, so the second CPU is > useless... > Also, a P2 333 overdrive is prehistoric and nowhere near minimum > requirements. > Quake 3 DOES use dual processors if they are available and the SMP option is enabled. Your graphics card drivers have to be coded to handle it though or it will cause issues. You gain about 10% performance from the second CPU and it helps the load in big firefights. I have seen plenty of benchmarks on the web that describe the difference between single and dual setups.
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