Splatsch: I've maybe found some possible fix, but I wasn't encountering the problem often enough to confirm it works :
"[...] set this setting in the options.txt file : forceSingleProcessorMode = false" (found
here).
Here's the path for the file :
"C:\Users\XXXX\Documents\My Games\Titan Quest - Immortal Throne\Settings"
And another solution
here (but more complicated)(so I haven't tested it, the problem wasn't occurring often for me).
A simplified version of this one is in the second post of the thread, here is a copy/paste of it :
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Simplified version, no RAM-Disk needed (for Windows 7, for other versions of Windows some details might differ):
1. You have to have administration rights on your machine, otherwise you can't do some of the necessary steps
2. Make sure Titan Quest is not running
3. Copy your savegame directory to another hard drive or partition (usually it's C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\My Games\Titan Quest - Immortal Throne)
4. Delete the original savegame directory (not just the contents, the whole "Titan Quest - Immortal Throne" must be deleted)
5. Check the path to where you copied your savegame directory. I did it simple - straight to drive E: so path was E:\Titan Quest - Immortal Throne
6. Start a command line with admin rights (enter "cmd" into the searchfield of the startmenu an hit enter. Now you should have an open command line with admin in its title)
7. Navigate to the "My Games" directory where the savegames used to be, type: cd c:\users\YourUserName\documents\my games
8. Now the symlink must be created. The command for this is "mklink"
- more info on symlinks and the exact usage for mklink can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link Use command mklink /D
- in my case it would look like this: mklink /D "Titan Quest - Immortal Throne" E:\"Titan Quest - Immortal Throne" press enter, you should get - Symbolic link created for
9. Now you can test with your explorer if it's working. Browse to C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\My Games\Titan Quest - Immortal Throne and look if the contents are in there. If they are then you have completed all steps. Worked for me, might not work for you.
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I don't know at all if any of this works, but I hope this will help some :)
Hello there in 2023...
I had the same problems in TQIT.
Running an AMD 5700G with 32GB RAM on Win10.
-Start TQIT via CMD/Shortcut like mentioned by Splatsch.
-Disable "Radeon Enhanced Sync" and "AMD Freesync Premium" in AMD Adrenaline. I think this really solved it.
Now the running speed is much more consistant.
I hope this helps.