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Posted March 03, 2011
Has anyone else had this problem? I don't think I have to explain to anybody how old this game is and how minuscule its system requirements are. I have a 2.8GHz processor and Fallout 2 only need a 90MHz processor to run. Anyone have any ideas on why this is happening to me? It is a bit strange though because even with Fallout maxing out my processor the CPU still seems to operate normally. I can still Alt-Tab and browse the internet amongst other things without any issues. Maybe my computer is just making a mistake? Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.
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Posted March 04, 2011
What OS are you using?
Posted March 04, 2011
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Unholyfurball: What OS are you using?
I'm using windows 7. I did some research and it turns out my processor is very low quality. But even with that I still don't understand why Fallout would put so much strain on it.
Posted March 04, 2011
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Unholyfurball: What OS are you using?
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mikenike: I'm using windows 7. I did some research and it turns out my processor is very low quality. But even with that I still don't understand why Fallout would put so much strain on it.
I'm running the same OS, with a old CPU, but I have no problems with the game. Do you have any patches or mods installed?
Posted March 07, 2011
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mikenike: I'm using windows 7. I did some research and it turns out my processor is very low quality. But even with that I still don't understand why Fallout would put so much strain on it.
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Unholyfurball: I'm running the same OS, with a old CPU, but I have no problems with the game. Do you have any patches or mods installed?
Sorry i forgot i posted this question haha. I don't have any mods or patches that I'm aware of, only what the GOG version comes with. Its not so much much that its causing issues for my PC, I was just concerned with the fact that its using all of my CPU usage. The game runs fine aside from the infamous bugs and crashes. If you open up task manager while Fallout is running is your CPU usage at 100% as well? I think its because I have a single core processor.
Posted March 07, 2011
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Unholyfurball: I'm running the same OS, with a old CPU, but I have no problems with the game. Do you have any patches or mods installed?
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mikenike: Sorry i forgot i posted this question haha. I don't have any mods or patches that I'm aware of, only what the GOG version comes with. Its not so much much that its causing issues for my PC, I was just concerned with the fact that its using all of my CPU usage. The game runs fine aside from the infamous bugs and crashes. If you open up task manager while Fallout is running is your CPU usage at 100% as well? I think its because I have a single core processor.
Fallout 2 is topping out at 51 CPU usage for me. I wouldn't worry about anything, just play it and don't forget to install the newest unofficial patch and maybe the restore mod.
Posted March 10, 2011
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mikenike: Sorry i forgot i posted this question haha. I don't have any mods or patches that I'm aware of, only what the GOG version comes with. Its not so much much that its causing issues for my PC, I was just concerned with the fact that its using all of my CPU usage. The game runs fine aside from the infamous bugs and crashes. If you open up task manager while Fallout is running is your CPU usage at 100% as well? I think its because I have a single core processor.
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Unholyfurball: Fallout 2 is topping out at 51 CPU usage for me. I wouldn't worry about anything, just play it and don't forget to install the newest unofficial patch and maybe the restore mod.
Once again I forgot I posted this question. Thanks for your help I'll be sure to do that.
Posted March 13, 2011
Hi. I've had this problem with other old games in newer systems. I'm having the same problem with Fallout 1. I don't think this has been solved... more like ignoring the problem :P

The thing is, Unholyfurball, I think the reason Fallout 2 is topping out at 51 CPU usage in your pc is because you have a dual core processor. Mikenike got 100 because he only has a single core.
I have an i7, a quad core, so only one of them gets max usage while the others remain fine.

I don't think this is OK behavior... I'm not playing the game due to this problem. I wouldn't want to risk my processor. I use some heavy demanding software and no core never reaches those values, so I don't think this can be good or something not to worry about.

Is anyone at GOG aware of this problem? Does anyone have a solution for this? Is there anyone with a newer computer playing this and not having a processor at max usage? or is it just me?

thanks!
I really want to play this! (I never played it!)
Posted March 13, 2011
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gabocaba: Hi. I've had this problem with other old games in newer systems. I'm having the same problem with Fallout 1. I don't think this has been solved... more like ignoring the problem :P

The thing is, Unholyfurball, I think the reason Fallout 2 is topping out at 51 CPU usage in your pc is because you have a dual core processor. Mikenike got 100 because he only has a single core.
I have an i7, a quad core, so only one of them gets max usage while the others remain fine.



I don't think this is OK behavior... I'm not playing the game due to this problem. I wouldn't want to risk my processor. I use some heavy demanding software and no core never reaches those values, so I don't think this can be good or something not to worry about.

Is anyone at GOG aware of this problem? Does anyone have a solution for this? Is there anyone with a newer computer playing this and not having a processor at max usage? or is it just me?

thanks!
I really want to play this! (I never played it!)
Now, I've played Fallout 1 and 2 on 3 different computers. 1. I had for over 8+ years with windows XP, 256 mb RAM and 2.4Ghz intel CPU. 2. This next one I had over 4+ years with Windows Vista 32bit, 512 mb RAM and 1.4GHz CPU and 3rd which is recently new, Windows 7 3.75 GB RAM and 1.60GHz Athlon II X2 250 CPU.

Now I never had any issue with CPU usage on any 3 of my computers. Maybe you could kill some processes in task manager. Or you could use a program that turns them off, but can quickly turn them back on. You could use game booster. =/
Posted March 14, 2011
Hi, I understand that you never had a problem playing those games. But you also said your cpu was escalating to a constant 51% cpu usage. That seems to be "some" kind of an issue to me. I mean, and old game like that should not put a new cpu working at those rates.

"Destokpfree" is a picture of my performance and resource monitor without executing anything.
"Desktopfallout" is with fallout running...

I have to use some heavy software to reach those activity levels... this cannot be normal behavior with a light game like this.
Killing process in task manager doesn't seem to be the answer as this game will max out a core anyway. As I stated before, this has happened to me before with old games, and in a single core they take the cpu to 100% and in a double core to 50%.

Is there a patch or something I could try?
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Posted March 14, 2011
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gabocaba: Hi, I understand that you never had a problem playing those games. But you also said your cpu was escalating to a constant 51% cpu usage. That seems to be "some" kind of an issue to me. I mean, and old game like that should not put a new cpu working at those rates.

"Destokpfree" is a picture of my performance and resource monitor without executing anything.
"Desktopfallout" is with fallout running...

I have to use some heavy software to reach those activity levels... this cannot be normal behavior with a light game like this.
Killing process in task manager doesn't seem to be the answer as this game will max out a core anyway. As I stated before, this has happened to me before with old games, and in a single core they take the cpu to 100% and in a double core to 50%.

Is there a patch or something I could try?
Mine is fully patched and it doesn't change anything performance wise to my knowledge.
I think the reason for the large amount of CPU being used is because your computer is running the game as well as the GPU is rendering the graphics of the game. As long as you don't use those heavy programs while you play like some kind of internet browser or music player, you should be fine. I will attach a photo of my desktop while I run Fallout 2 with FIrefox ( Didn't want to turn off FF because I had a good song playing)
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Posted March 14, 2011
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gabocaba: Hi, I understand that you never had a problem playing those games. But you also said your cpu was escalating to a constant 51% cpu usage. That seems to be "some" kind of an issue to me. I mean, and old game like that should not put a new cpu working at those rates.

"Destokpfree" is a picture of my performance and resource monitor without executing anything.
"Desktopfallout" is with fallout running...

I have to use some heavy software to reach those activity levels... this cannot be normal behavior with a light game like this.
Killing process in task manager doesn't seem to be the answer as this game will max out a core anyway. As I stated before, this has happened to me before with old games, and in a single core they take the cpu to 100% and in a double core to 50%.

Is there a patch or something I could try?
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Unholyfurball: Mine is fully patched and it doesn't change anything performance wise to my knowledge.
I think the reason for the large amount of CPU being used is because your computer is running the game as well as the GPU is rendering the graphics of the game. As long as you don't use those heavy programs while you play like some kind of internet browser or music player, you should be fine. I will attach a photo of my desktop while I run Fallout 2 with FIrefox ( Didn't want to turn off FF because I had a good song playing)
I'm not sure what you mean by "the reason for the large amount of CPU being used is because your computer is running the game as well as the GPU is rendering the graphics of the game" but I don't get those stats playing new, heavier games or viewing high def video.
What is your CPU usage when you're not using fallout? How about using a modern game or viewing some video? (you don't need to attach a picture)

ps: what were you listening to?
Posted March 15, 2011
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Unholyfurball: Mine is fully patched and it doesn't change anything performance wise to my knowledge.
I think the reason for the large amount of CPU being used is because your computer is running the game as well as the GPU is rendering the graphics of the game. As long as you don't use those heavy programs while you play like some kind of internet browser or music player, you should be fine. I will attach a photo of my desktop while I run Fallout 2 with FIrefox ( Didn't want to turn off FF because I had a good song playing)
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gabocaba: I'm not sure what you mean by "the reason for the large amount of CPU being used is because your computer is running the game as well as the GPU is rendering the graphics of the game" but I don't get those stats playing new, heavier games or viewing high def video.
What is your CPU usage when you're not using fallout? How about using a modern game or viewing some video? (you don't need to attach a picture)

ps: what were you listening to?
It's kind of hard to hard to put into words. I found a guide that mite help you understand how video games work on computers. http://www.tweakguides.com/Graphics_1.html
and I was listening to stuff thou last fm. The song was called 'in the air tonight'
Posted March 15, 2011
Seems interesting, I'll try to give it a read. If you can, just for comparing, could you tell me what's your cpu usage when you run a newer game, compared with the locked 51% of fallout?
thanks for your time
Posted March 15, 2011
It's a bit odd I tried 2 of my 'newest' games that I own.

1. Hellgate: London - CPU usage 01-04, Memory usage 534,800k

2. World in conflict - CPU usage 01-05, Memory usage 490,600

I didn't enter any kind of combat in ether game. I'm pretty sure both games CPU/Memory usage maybe higher when I play thou combat, but it's hard to get accurate CPU usage numbers when you pause the game and alt+tab out of the game. But yes it's hella odd that Fallout 1/2 use's so much CPU to run.
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