After a few weeks deliberation I went ahead and bought an X2 4600+ - thinking that a dual core with the same clock speed as my last CPU would net a similar performance in games. After all a 3800+ and a 4600+ have the same clock speed, 2.4 GHz. The problem is games are now noticeably slower. Hitman - Blood Money feels sluggish. HL2 is somewhat jerkier. Prey seems a bit jittery.
I've installed the MS Hotfix, Dual Core Optimizer (although I get a C:\boot.ini cannot be found error upon install - probably because Windows is installed on H rather than C:\), Alt Tabbed out and set affinity, updated AMD driver, mobo BIOS is up to date. I'm not sure what else to try apart from formatting and reinstalling. If it comes to formatting I really can't be bothered, I'll just sell it on eBay and put my 3800+ back in.
Needless to say I'm very, very disappointed in this processor.
Has anyone got any thoughts on how to improve gaming performance?
I've installed the MS Hotfix, Dual Core Optimizer (although I get a C:\boot.ini cannot be found error upon install - probably because Windows is installed on H rather than C:\), Alt Tabbed out and set affinity, updated AMD driver, mobo BIOS is up to date. I'm not sure what else to try apart from formatting and reinstalling. If it comes to formatting I really can't be bothered, I'll just sell it on eBay and put my 3800+ back in.
Needless to say I'm very, very disappointed in this processor.
Has anyone got any thoughts on how to improve gaming performance?