Game runs terribly choppy

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I'm running on a Q6600 2.4Ghz, 4GB of RAM and I have a Radeon 4850. I don't know why, but the game runs really choppy even on the lowest settings with my res set at 1280x800. Before you jump at the 'Do you have the latest drivers' questions, yes, I do. I wasn't expecting to have to run the game at absolute minimum settings and still deal with low frame rate on my system, anyone have any ideas?

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

Some issues like yours are being caused by an audio conflict.  The developers are aware of the issue and are working on a solution for it. 

There are a few things you could try that have worked for many people on the forums.

First, make sure your audio drivers are completely up to date.
Second, go to the audio settings in the game and turn off the Reverb option.
Third, go to the Windows Control Panel and open your audio/sound settings and change the configuration to 'Stereo'.
Lastly, if none of the other options helped, make a shortcut to Demigod on your desktop and open it's properties.  At the end of the 'Target' line add a space and "/nosound" (without the quotes).  This will load the game with all sound rendering turned off(playing the game without sound really isn't as fun, but it will make the game playable until the issue is resolved).

If none of these help, then your issue is being caused by something else, and you should drop an email to [email protected] for further assistance.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I found the cause. The game was only using 1 of my 4 cores by default. Had to go in to task manager and set the affinity. Runs smooth at full settings and 1920x1200 res now.

Seems I have to do this every time I launch the game though, would be nice if it detected and used my quad core cpu properly all the time by default.

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