need help with intel Dual Core skippy problem

[PsychatoR]

i dunno if its my cpu or whatever but...
since im with this cpu when i play q3 all is good and all of sudden video is skippy when i move mouse.. very very hard to aim.FPS stay 125.
usually vid_restart help .. and sometimes not ..
i changed my mother board .. and same problem ...
maybe its my video card .. 8600gt .. i dunno but im really bored of that now...
i play on 1.16
if i try play 1.32 .. it keep freezing each 5 sec unplayable at all
I formated .. with fresh winxp installation with all fresh drivers and tried different drivers .. its always the same problem ...
even with my old Ghost Image where Quake was running number 1. and it still run shit on that cpu or video card or i dont know but 1 thing is sure .. its hardware ! because all was good before i updated my pc

i have same kinda problem on quakewar demo game too ...
and a lil counter ss .. but not much .. its just a lil skippy when we turn mouse
but COD4 run super smooth.
Some games are ok somes not ! WTF is that .. really bored to pay for shit!
so pls someone if u can help me a lil byeyety

[Cooldown]

Assuming you have all the latest drivers for your hardware (chipset, video card, etc.) try the following:

- Increase the priority for quake3.exe via the task manager (ctrl+alt+del > Processes Tab > Right-click on quake3.exe > Set priority > Select High or Realtime)

- Do this: http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9951/q3os6.jpg

[PsychatoR]

man i think u fixed my problem ..
i knew about the priority tread in task manager ... but i think i didnt try the option in video card settings on that pic ...
i tried some but not sure this one ...
i played 1 game of 15 min and usually it start skipping after max 3 min and about each 3 mins it restart
and now just 1 lil time in 15 min its really better .. ill give u news if it fix my prob ty

dunno if high or real-time is better tho ..

[PsychatoR]

ok after some days, i tried what you said and its still skippy but happen less often.
and im happy , my friend bought same computer as me and he have same problem.
so i see im not alone to have that problem

but not sure if the probleme is Intel Dual Core or 8600 GT.

i suspect hardly the dual core.

i just called a seller on phone and he said to come here ask if Quake3 is too small so it may just run on 1 cpu only and that could make the skippy problem happen!
how to know if Quake3 run only on 1 cpu and if the problem happen , is there a way to force it to run on both cpu? ty

[Foo]

at the console on the latest version 1.33 try \pb_sleep 500 and \pb_system 1

[PsychatoR]

sorry i play 1.16n my friends are there

[Foo]

Well, good luck because I can't help you much further.

Patches are issues to correct problems. If you won't apply the patches, it's not surprising you're running into problems.

[^misantropia^]

how to know if Quake3 run only on 1 cpu and if the problem happen , is there a way to force it to run on both cpu? ty

/r_smp 0 followed by a /vid_restart

Not sure if 1.16n has SMP support anyway.

[Eraser]

how to know if Quake3 run only on 1 cpu and if the problem happen , is there a way to force it to run on both cpu? ty

/r_smp 0 followed by a /vid_restart

Not sure if 1.16n has SMP support anyway.

Yah I think Q3 "supports" SMP out of the box. I think it was never stable though.

[PsychatoR]

/r_smp 0
0 is already by default and i think i already tried 1 before and it fixed a lil but caused other graphic problem! i dont remember....

i think this skippy problem happen just on INTEL dual core because my friend have amd dual core and he doesnt have that problem .... strange

[^misantropia^]

Sorry, I meant to write 1. You might want to set r_finish to 1 also.