CoD5 W@W Very Slow Start times !!SOLUTION!!

Do me a favour - test the single core but bump the process priority to something higher than normal.

I think it's going to mirror the results of some other mutli-core optimised games - namely that they get stuck on loading with a singlecore and it takes ages. Boost the game priority and it usually sorts it.

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Originally Posted by kalniel

Do me a favour - test the single core but bump the process priority to something higher than normal.

I think it's going to mirror the results of some other mutli-core optimised games - namely that they get stuck on loading with a singlecore and it takes ages. Boost the game priority and it usually sorts it.

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how Kal?

It's XP Pro.. what do I do?

atl-tab back to desktop and go to task manager > processes, right click on the name of the process and you should be able to change priority

or use ctrl-alt-del

If you're going to do that, at least just change the affinity and limit the Opteron to single-core for CoD - check it replicates the old results first, then try changing the priority. Should be a lot less hassle than changing processor.

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Originally Posted by snootyjim

If you're going to do that, at least just change the affinity and limit the Opteron to single-core for CoD - check it replicates the old results first, then try changing the priority. Should be a lot less hassle than changing processor.

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That wouldn't replicate it at all unfortunately - it's the other system processes that interfere with single core operation on these games, having a dual core with a single core assigned to CoD would still allow other system commands to run on the spare core.

As SiM describes, before starting the game make sure task manager is open - I use <SHIFT-CTRL-ESC> to bring it up directly, but you can also <CTRL-ALT-DEL> and select task manager from the options. Then launch the game and ALT-TAB to the task manager. Click the processes tab, find the CoD exe process and right click it ->set priority->high. There will be some kind of warning. ALT-TAB back to the game.

You can also create a shortcut to the game exe that does the same thing, which saves you from having to ALT-TAB during the game, which can be a stability problem for some games:

Create a normal shortcut to the game exe or copy an existing one, then edit it and insert

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%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c "start /high

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in front of the existing target information. So if your normal shortcut has the target (I don't know the program names for CoD5, so just making them up):

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"C:\Program Files\Games\CoD5\CoD5.exe"

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Then you'd change it to:

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%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c "start /high C:\Program Files\Games\CoD5\CoD5.exe"

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Then click OK to exit the shortcut properties.

That's why I said you'd have to check if it replicated it properly. If it didn't, then the next step would be to go into msconfig and manually force Windows to boot with only one core.

It's a heck of a lot easier than swapping a processor around.