By Ramuh.Sagittario 2012-11-26 17:17:24
Guys I have a tech question if anyone can help?
I'm having issues with the performance of my pc running Morrowind. Now I'm running the graphics overhaul with alot of high spec mods, but I have tested the original unmodded version of the game and I have the same problems.
When I boot up the game I get a crisp smooth frame rate for about the first half hour, regardless of how much detail is on the screen (draw distance, textures etc), around 30fps outside and 60fps indoors. Over the next 15 minutes of so after the initial half hour, the frame rate declines to literally half those values leveling out as low as 10fps in outdoor areas, making gameplay very frustrating.
I literally have no idea why it's doing this. One thing to know however is that Morrowind only runs off a single CPU, it was designed this way and there is no way to change that, so despite my pc having quad core, the performance is limited to the power and resources of just one. I have tried setting the programs affinity to a single core and I have changed my desktop display to windows basic, but neither made a difference because other programs running just draw resources from a different CPU anyway.
My only guess is that the single CPU Morrowind is using is heating up under the strain and after about half an hour this begins to impact on processor performance? Any ideas anyone?