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2 questions about PR

Posted: 2015-02-26 05:38
by Softy
1st is Pr single threaded? Thinking about upgrading to quad core but that won't benefit me if PR only uses 1 core.
2nd when I got to my options and use the drop down to change my resolution no matter what setting I select and apply it never changes, how do I fix that?
I'm using a GTX 460 SE on a 30 in LCD monitor .
Thx all!

Re: 2 questions about PR

Posted: 2015-02-26 12:17
by SANGUE-RUIM
1-) As far as I know, it is...

2-) dunno, maybe trying to set the configuration file to "read-only" after you change it?

Re: 2 questions about PR

Posted: 2015-02-27 02:19
by Softy
Anyone else?

Posted: 2015-02-27 02:26
by AnA10Warthog
On the first point, yes.
On the second point, I have to ask, are you usin the PR launcher to edit these settings? If you don't use the launcher to change them, it won't work.

Re: 2 questions about PR

Posted: 2015-02-27 05:15
by Softy
I'm not sure what pr launcher is, I just click the pr icon and it takes me to screen where it's list
Play
Options
Ect
Ect

So with pr being single threaded , which CPU would give me a better performance ?

Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo Processor 3 GHz 6 MB Cache Socket LGA775

Or

Intel Cpu Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz Fsb1066Mhz 8M Lga775 Tray

Thx.

Re: 2 questions about PR

Posted: 2015-02-27 05:26
by LITOralis.nMd
Intel E8400

Re: 2 questions about PR

Posted: 2015-02-28 01:58
by Softy
Thx for the input guys, one more question
From the time I click "play" it takes 66 seconds till I see the screen where the internet , co-op screen is. Just see a black screen , is that a from the slow CPU or the hdd?

Re: 2 questions about PR

Posted: 2015-02-28 02:29
by LITOralis.nMd
That's mostly from the slow HDD.
try defragging the drive, the BF2 and PR files are stored in very large compressed zip files, when those files get fragmented it significantly slows down the loading of the game, and the loading of each new map.

Re: 2 questions about PR

Posted: 2015-02-28 09:38
by Spook
The time when the blackscreen is visible PR is trying to log into your account on the master server. If you remember the time you waited when logging into GameSpy back then via BF2 in the login menu ingame you will notice it took the same amount of time. Thats exactly the process that is happening during the BS. Cannot do much about it to improve it.