Really confused.

[Akisohida]

Ok. I dud 'Can YOU Run It' to see how I stood up for Dragon Age: Origins.


This is the odd part.

CPU
Minimum: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1.4 GHz or greater (Vista/7 requires 1.6 GHz or greater), AMD X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater
You Have: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz

Result: Fail!


CPU Speed
Minimum: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1.4 GHz or greater (Vista/7 requires 1.6 GHz or greater), AMD X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.8 GHz or greater
You Have: 1.51 GHz (was 4.1 GHz last time I ran the scan)

Result: Pass!


How can the CPU fail..but the CPU speed pass? Oh, and everything else passes.

 

[JunK]

what cpu do you have?, is it a single core p4 at 3ghz?

 

[Akisohida]

It is dual core. Or so the dxdiag leads me to believe

 

[torzak]

Take a screenshot of your dxdiag and post it here.

 

[Tyler [INACTIVE]]

most pentium 4's are single unless you have ajust a pentium dual core.
or a Pentium 4 HT
HT=Hyper Threaded where is almost like a dual core i heard.

 

[Tyler [INACTIVE]]

It is dual core. Or so the dxdiag leads me to believe

if i leads you to saying it's a dual core its most likely its a p4 HT=Hyper Threaded

 

[Endiment]

go to your run bar and type msconfig. go to the boot tab, then click advanced. make sure "Number of Processors" is checked and set to the highest number; windows may only be recognizing one of your two cores. if it's already on 2, head into your BIOS and make sure they're both on.

 

[bloodrunner]

GHz or CPU Speed doesn't determine how good a processor is. its actually an intel core 2 DUO, meaning its a dual core 1.4 GHz, the Pentium 4 may seem better because it has a higher clock/Cpu speed, but dual cores a better becuase it can handle and organize tasks better across 2 cores instead of 1.

 

[thrall]

sorry misread what u asked. Have you checked other sites like you-gamers?

 

[Akisohida]

Well, I just did what Endiment said, since that checkbox was not checked. It is now checked and at 2.

I guess I am wondering..would I be able to run Dragon Age? I mean, the CPU failed but the speed passed.

 

[Ryken]

The cpu failed because it is a pentium, and not a core 2 duo. I don't know if it will run or not, but do some googling to find out.

If I had to guess, I would say it would work.

 

[Furiosity]

Dragon Age is very multi-threaded. When I run it, I have a total of 80% CPU Usage or more across all 3 of my cores.

P4's aren't true Dual Cores. The recommended requirements for DA: O is 4 cores for intel and at 2.4ghz+ or Dual Core Phenom 2.7+. It used to be a Phenom II x3.

The minimum is a Core 2 duo 1.6ghz+, and a P4 is less powerful(older model) than a C2D when you do not factor in the speed.

BioWare has said it can ru non Single Cores, but you will notice significantly better performance with multiple cores.

FYI, I have(had, 'til they lowered it, actually) the EXACT Recommended specs for the game coincidentally lol...

Phenom II X3
HD3850 512MB.

Constant 25+ FPS.