Dual-Core Optimzer Installed...But i Have an 8 Core Processor

[AnsonMyPants]

i been having issues with my pc lately, ever since i have been playing (or trying to play) Ark: Survival Evolved. I been having extreme lagging and driver crashes. I have tested 11 other games since ARK and all have been doing the same.

After digging into my programs and trying to get my drivers up to date i came across a program listed called "Dual-Core Optimizer". Bu ti have an AMD 8120 FX.

Also I have been trying to update my video driver from 14.5 to the new 15.6 Beta driver and everytime it is done downloading, AMD Catalyst Manager says my driver is 14.5 still. IDK whats going on but I have never had issues before and IDK where to start to fix them.

[Pure]

Strange. Never heard of this before. Your computer has all the cores installed correctly right? If you wanna Check go to control panel. Devices the. Processors. There should be 8 of the same thing. As for the driver issue idk. You can download a program called driver booster that will detect all old drivers then update them for you. ( trust me it saves so much time)

[Icedwhisper]

Well, CPU isn't really what counts in gaming, But a GPU does.. If you have a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ GPU, your games will lag, Even if you have a billion cores, But if you have a great GPU like the GTX 980 Ti, Even a quad core would be enough and won't make any game lag.. So my question is, What is your GPU?

[[☥] - CJ -]

Incorrect.

While the GPU is important, The CPU Counts just as much. Its the CPU that feeds frames to the GPU. If the CPU cant feed frames fast enough to the GPU thats a bottleneck.

Knowing what GPU you have would help though.

Try clearing your browser history/cache and downloading the driver again and Uninstall the driver this time first n see if that works.

[Icedwhisper]

☥ - CJ -님이 먼저 게시:

Incorrect.

The CPU Counts just as much. Its the CPU that feeds frames to the GPU. If the CPU cant feed frames fast enough to the GPU thats a bottleneck.

Knowing what GPU you have would help though.

Try clearing your browser history/cache and downloading the driver again and Uninstall the driver this time first n see if that works.

Sure it is important, But only a dual core with no hyperthreading would be a bottleneck.. I mean just search up Intel G3258 with GTX 750 Ti, Even though it's Dual core, It doesn't bottleneck the GTX 750 Ti.. A good i3 might even be able to handle a GTX 980 with a little bottlenexk, But then again, Who goes for such a expensive GPU while such a bad CPU? xD But I was not talking about that.. I already knew he had a good CPU, But he didn't tell us his GPU, which is much more important than a cpu for gaming..

[Rove]

Did you ever install "Dual Core Optimizer"? Maybe it's a virus that is screwing with your PC?

[AnsonMyPants]

My Specs are:

AMD 8120 3.1 GHZ (3.4 OC)
AMD Radeon 6970 HD 2GB
8 GB RAM
WIndows 8.1
Liquid Cooling
SSD

And No, I never installed the Dual-Core Optimizer that I am aware. It must have came with Windows. My CPU was preinstalled with my barebones kit I got from CyberPC. Though my CPU isnt a true 8-Core CPU, it is basicly a 4-core with 4 vitual cores....so I hear from many people. But with these performence issues I have been having, I am thinking there must be some programs, drivers, or something that is limiting my PC to its fullest potential.

And I have had Driver Booster from Advanced System Care Ultimate Edition. After my licence ran out i switched to McAfee Total Protection and I am happy with it. Too bad it doesnt come with Driver Booster (or similar) as I thought the software was very conveinent.

I have since sucsessfully uninstalled my Video driver and the Catalyst Suite Porgram and reinstalled. The driver that comes with the Suite is version 14.501. There is a 15.6 BETA driver on AMD's website, I would like to try that driver but apparently I do not know how to properly update it. The suite says that I am up to date, Rapter AMD Gaming Evolved App) says my GPU isnt supported for Automatic Updates, and 3D Mark says my driver isnt supported.

[Rove]

Dual core optimizer is something from AMD. Look it up. I think it's supposed to be only for dual core CPUs though.

[MrMcSwifty]

AMD at one time did have a official "Dual Core Optimizer" hotfix for multicore CPU's, but this was for their earliest Athlon X2's running under Windows XP.

Which is to say, it hasn't been needed since... what?... 2005?

Not sure how you wound up with it installed (or if it's even the same thing), but I would just uninstall it. It may not be what's causing your problems, but I'm certain it isn't necessary, whatever it is.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Some games comes with it i believe

[AnsonMyPants]

Im starting to think i may have a virus with what has happend to my pc today. I opened Internet Explorer and opend my bookmark tab, clicked on one of those links and every single link in that folder opened up in its on tab. I close IE and tried again, same thing happend. I Also thought, maybe i should try a game i played in the past that i never had issues with that is also NOT in Early acess to see how it performs. Payday 2 was the game. About 2 minutes during the play time the game froze for about 2 seconds, then I got a black screen. Then it went normal and smooth, then it repeated about 3 more times and then my pc crashed.

My anti-virus right now is McAfee Total Protection and i also have Malwarebytes as a 2nd security feature (i was told it is compatable with most ani-virus software and is effective to help get extra things your main software misses). Multiple scans and i have 0 error or problems. Both programs say my computer is healthy. I am debateing if I should uninstall these temperaroly and try and 3rd software to see what it brings back in the scan. Should I and if so What do you all recomend...AVG?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Rove님이 먼저 게시:

Did you ever install "Dual Core Optimizer"? Maybe it's a virus that is screwing with your PC?

It auto installed with certain games. Uninstall that crap, it was meant for Win2k/XP
If you have Win7 however, please ensure you have the following:
- Service Pack 1 (SP1)
- Hotfixes for AMD FX CPUs for Win7 > http://www.ngohq.com/news/21092-amd-bulldozer-performance-hotfixes-for-windows-7-a.html

[[☥] - CJ -]

Sounds to me in those instances the graphics driver crashed..

As for ur other issues, unno..

[Bad 💀 Motha]

And get rid of any OC until u figure out the problems.

Don't install any crappy Booster apps or Advanced System Care; they can suggest incorrect Drivers or "tweak" things that remove needed files or registry entries; even reset your Chrome browser when u do certain scans. All u really need is CCleaner and Auslogics Registry Cleaner.

It's quite simple to get Drivers so why use Driver Booster; which is useless unless u pay for it.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Never had issues with ASC, so by personal experience in ALLLL the years ive been using it i dont agree with that.

And CCleaner can be just as dangerous, fyi.

[FluffyPinkDecoyBunny]

Rove님이 먼저 게시:

Dual core optimizer is something from AMD. Look it up. I think it's supposed to be only for dual core CPUs though.

The Dual Core optimizer from AMD was meant for their 64 X2 processors. They had issues with timing that came up during the running of applications.

I had to install the optimizer with my AMD 64 X2 3800+ and 5600+ that I used. Most programs/applications ran fine without it, but some did not.

Painkiller was a game that comes to mind that had issues. The game would either run like it was in fast foward and everything was 2-3x normal speed or it ran in really slow motion.

If you're not using one of these old processors, then uninstall it. It's not needed for what you use. It could be possible the software installed (though not really likely) with a game/program you recently installed. Or maybe you followed a link to the program for some reason and installed when you didn't need to.