Gaming issue

Today I tried out an old favourite of mine, namely the game "Deus Ex".
Running it I quickly found that the game(now some 5 years old) actually
seems to be running too fast on my current system.

My current system being:
- Mobo: MSI K8M Neo-V
- CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
- RAM: 1,5 Gb DDR SDRAM
- Videocard: MSI nVidia NX6600-VTD128 Diamond
- Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy LS
- Maxtor 6B200P0 200 Gb HD
- Maxtor 6L080L4 80 GB HD
- 450 W Enermax PSU

Now I know there are apps like Turbo or MoSlo that can slow the CPU down,
but I haven't tried these on the AMD 64 yet, What's more, I have "Cool 'n'
Quiet" enabled which, as you may know, slows down the CPU when it's idle.

Can I run Turbo or any other app safely on my system, leaving Q&Q on, or
should I turn that off first?

All feedback is greatly appreciated.

"Jeff Vincent" <jvincent.DeleteThis@acmenet.net> schreef in bericht
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> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:28:24 +0100, "Lukas Mariman"
> <lukas.mariman.DeleteThis@skynet.be> wrote:
>
>>Today I tried out an old favourite of mine, namely the game "Deus Ex".
>>Running it I quickly found that the game(now some 5 years old) actually
>>seems to be running too fast on my current system.
>>
>>My current system being:
>>- Mobo: MSI K8M Neo-V
>>- CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
>>- RAM: 1,5 Gb DDR SDRAM
>>- Videocard: MSI nVidia NX6600-VTD128 Diamond
>>- Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy LS
>>- Maxtor 6B200P0 200 Gb HD
>>- Maxtor 6L080L4 80 GB HD
>>- 450 W Enermax PSU
>>
>>Now I know there are apps like Turbo or MoSlo that can slow the CPU down,
>>but I haven't tried these on the AMD 64 yet, What's more, I have "Cool 'n'
>>Quiet" enabled which, as you may know, slows down the CPU when it's idle.
>>
>>Can I run Turbo or any other app safely on my system, leaving Q&Q on, or
>>should I turn that off first?
>>
>>All feedback is greatly appreciated.
>
> It may be the Cool'n'Quiet having that effect (speeding up games).
> I've seen it with NASCAR Racing 2003 (Sierra/Papyrus).
>
> What's happening (I think) is the CPU is lightly loaded and running
> more slowly at the start-up of the game, when the game is reading CPU
> clock rate to sync with it's real world timing. Once you get gaming,
> the processor has a higher load, starts running at a higher speed, and
> the game starts running faster than it should. Or at least it sounds
> good.
>
> Set your Cool'n'Quiet to High Perfroamnce Mode and see how your
> game reacts.

Thanks, I'll give that a try. I'll let you know how it turns out!