Phait
09-27-2005, 06:12 PM
First, if you don't have an Intel motherboard chipset, don't bother, it won't work.
It seems to have been a widespread issue of Morrowind having stuttering problems as you traverse the game world. I had the problems, and I'm running an Intel 2 GHz Celeron, on an MSI board with the Intel 845PE chipset. My friend and I ran Morrowind on his computer, an AMD-64 setup with an MSI board (I don't recall which chipset) and Morrowind ran flawlessly.
Anyway, I just today reinstalled Morrowind and there is no more stuttering. After my reformat of my system weeks ago, I installed Intel's "Application Accelerator":
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8540
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/
Do you need IAA version 2.3? Intel says it replaces ATA drivers for Windows with drivers optimised for desktop PCs.
It supports a long list of chipsets from the 810 to the 845G, E, PE and the 860, 850 and the Rambus-driven 850E.
According to Intel, it gives better system performance, improved app and game performance, is optimised for the P4, allows for faster boot time, reduces total cost of ownership, gives better hard drive support, including support for very big hard drives,
What else can I say? It genuinely seems to have fixed my problem. Although note a reformat wouldn't necessarily fix it (I've read of others reformatting and still experiencing stutter).
It seems to have been a widespread issue of Morrowind having stuttering problems as you traverse the game world. I had the problems, and I'm running an Intel 2 GHz Celeron, on an MSI board with the Intel 845PE chipset. My friend and I ran Morrowind on his computer, an AMD-64 setup with an MSI board (I don't recall which chipset) and Morrowind ran flawlessly.
Anyway, I just today reinstalled Morrowind and there is no more stuttering. After my reformat of my system weeks ago, I installed Intel's "Application Accelerator":
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8540
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/
Do you need IAA version 2.3? Intel says it replaces ATA drivers for Windows with drivers optimised for desktop PCs.
It supports a long list of chipsets from the 810 to the 845G, E, PE and the 860, 850 and the Rambus-driven 850E.
According to Intel, it gives better system performance, improved app and game performance, is optimised for the P4, allows for faster boot time, reduces total cost of ownership, gives better hard drive support, including support for very big hard drives,
What else can I say? It genuinely seems to have fixed my problem. Although note a reformat wouldn't necessarily fix it (I've read of others reformatting and still experiencing stutter).