Induce Lag?

[5hine]

Is there any way to slow an application down 25+ percent? I've got a game that's running at an almost unplayable speed.

 

[cybereclipse]

cpu burn in
http://users.bigpond.net.au/CPUburn/
its a program that my friend uses to lag his computer up

why you would do such a thing?? no idea.

 

[5hine]

It doesn't exactly sound safe... Sure this thing won't burn up my computer?

 

[teamhex]

It doesn't exactly sound safe... Sure this thing won't burn up my computer?

I don't understand how a game can be playing at an unplayable speed. Correct me if im wrong but isn't a game designed to run at what ever speed its running at? Or are you attempting to find a way to get an edge on people? You could underclock your G card or something

 

[5hine]

I don't understand how a game can be playing at an unplayable speed. Correct me if im wrong but isn't a game designed to run at what ever speed its running at? Or are you attempting to find a way to get an edge on people? You could underclock your G card or something

I don't really understand either. It's like the speed of everything has been doubled from what should be normal. For example, the idle movements of a character appear as continuous movement, and navigating menus is difficult because hitting the down key makes the selection jump to the bottom, apposed to moving down just one option.

 

[cybereclipse]

try running the game at a higher resolution, it'll slow things down a bit
and yes cpu-burnin is safe... its used to stability testing program for CPU's but will create lag if you try playing a a game at the same time

 

[Cromewell]

If it is an old game it may just run fast/slow because of the CPU clock speed (ie. the original red alert, or other pre-CnC3 CnCs). They have a speed slider that might help in the main menu or you can run http://www.cpukiller.com/ I used to need it for a few games but I don't play them much anymore.