Cricket 04 too fast solution

[DeanoLapaz]

I believed I've nailed this problem with the game running too fast (in sort of a fast forward mode). I think it applies to other games too, but here goes:-

I believe it to happen only with Athlon 64 CPU's which have Cool n' Quiet technology activated. This means that the CPU slows down when it doesn't need to do much and speeds up for game playing and harduous tasks.

To make this work properly within Windows XP (Windows 2000 works differently) you have to select Minimal Power Management from within the power option in control panel.

To get Cricket2004 playing at normal speed simply select Home/Office Desk instead of Minimal Power Management. This will make your CPU run at full speed constantly. So you may want to change it back after playing.

My step-by-step theory on this is:-

1. Your processor is running in low-operation mode
2. You run Cricket2004, which I'm guessing must make a few calculations on your processor speed and adjust the 'game speed' to match your CPU - which is running low.
3. The processor detects the surge in CPU power needed and ups the power.
4. Cricket2004 isn't aware that the processor is now speedier, and has already altered the game speed for a lower CPU.
5. Cricket2004 runs really fast.

That's entirely guess work...but I reckon it's something along those lines.

 

[deadduck]

Well I have an Intel processor and it happens to me, but for some wierd reason only when I don't have my optical mouse plugged in : :blink: :wacko:

 

[nzboy85]

How can it be the proccessor though wont that heat up and make your pc catch on fire?

 

[DeanoLapaz]

Sorry didn't quite explain that part too well...I'll quickly go over that part.

Many Athlon 64 Processors now support Cool n'Quiet technology. This means that an Athlon 64 3200 processor would 'normally' run at 2Ghz. However when the PC isn't doing much, i.e. Browsing, Using Word, etc, the Athlon Processor automatically drops to a lower power (usually about 800Mhz), but it can be anything in-between 800Mhz and 2Ghz.

This means that when the PC isn't doing much the processor runs cooler (about 35 degrees on my rig), and when it's running at it's normal speed it runs warmer (about 45 degrees on my rig).

It's similar to the software based CPUIdle in this regard.