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Dual-core +older games

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  • 06-10-2008 11:24pm
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    daywalker
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a couple of older games that I go back to now and again, but I have noticed that now with my PC the games seem to run very fast, as if some fast-forward option has been enabled. Could this be due to having a dual-core cpu (mine is AMD64 X2 6000+)? And if so can anything be done to resolve it or will I just have to give up on the games?

    thanks,
    daywalker


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    evil-monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭evil-monkey


    hmmmm...this is odd. i've never seen this before and i've been playing a lot of old games on a Quad Core.

    when you say games, how many do you mean??


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,639 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Those arent DOS games are they? Notorious for the issue. Those old games werent programmed to tie in with the computer Clock - its a pretty standard component in games these days but lots of pre-2k games never used it. For DOS games you will need a DOS emulator: it runs a sufficiently slow environment for the games to run on so they work at the proper play speed.


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