video to fast

from GalCiv2 Forums
The game's 3d grafix are running VERY VERY fast. Out of control fast - "freaking out"
This happens with some other games and the source of the problem, normally, is the dual-core CPU (KNOW ISSUE). The fix for other games (pre-patch) is to alt-tab out force tha game to use only one of the cores - problem fixed.
But, Galactic Civ crashes 100% of the time when i alt-tab.
So, either the game needs a setting just to run on one CPU or fix the alt-tab crash or fix whatever needs fixing so it doesn't freak on more than one CPU.

system info overload:

Device AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor
Total 2
Speed 2750 MHz

RAM
Total 2048 MB

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX (SLI)
Driver nv4_disp.dll
Version 6.14.10.8198

Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
Driver P17.sys
Version 5.12.0001.0353

Windows XP
Version Service Pack 2

ADAPTEC RAID 0 SCSI Disk Device
7,366 views 5 replies
Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
read about a bit..

hopefully updating the CPU drivers from AMD will fix the issue...
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_13118,00.html
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If you have an AMD-brand dual-core processor, go to the stickied thread about them and there's a link to an AMD driver update. Fixed the problem for me today (AMD X2 4400+).
SoundPackager - Customize the Windows sound scheme
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
And/or run 'galciv2.exe w' to run it in a window and then you can set the processor affinity if Alt-Tab isn't happy for you.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
the sticky on dual core (ie, updating the amd CPU drivers) fixed the issue
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yeah, the problem is that the CPU frequency, which is used in the game's timer, is being misreported to the game. A similar problem also occurs on systems where the CPU clock speed is dynamic, such as in power-saving systems in some laptops. That later case is usually fixed by querying the frequency each frame.