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Info on AMD Fusion, copied from the site. The AMD Fusion Utility for Desktops is designed to shut down certain processes, reduce CPU load, improve energy efficiency, and/or increase available RAM to free these resources up for other, more immediate purposes. It can also restore the system to its initial start-up state. The shut-down process can be done with the click of a button. If the AMD OverDrive™ software and ATI Catalyst™ software utilities are installed, they can also be activated simultaneously by the AMD Fusion Utility for Desktops application. Activating a selected profile automatically searches and closes all services and programs listed in the profile that are running at the time of activation. It also starts any hardware tuning options selected. Depending on how the profile is configured, the processes shut down may include network security that may leave the computer system exposed to viruses, worms, and other harmful software. Thus, it is important to be cautious while operating in this state. Stopping an active profile or exiting the application returns the system to its start-up state. Profiles targeting specific processes for automatic shut down can be created quickly, with system processes and hardware acceleration displayed as a list of user-selectable profiles. These profiles can be started and stopped with a single click. When a profile starts, the amount of RAM and CPU power used by system processes decreases, freeing more for other purposes such as gaming. A message with the option to save appears for active applications that implement an automatic saving prior to exit. Processes shut down during a run can be selected by the user. Close requests are sent to each process selected for closure within the profile, and if any process takes more than five seconds to respond, a hard kill command is sent to help ensure its closure. Software for tuning the processor(s), such as the ATI Catalyst™ and AMD OverDrive utilities, can also be activated if installed and configured. Stopping a profile returns the system to its start-up configuration.

So I have been playing this mod for a little bit and the long server load times annoy me alot. I was messing around with programs and settings trying to see if I could make servers load quicker, nothing worked. Today I thought I would give the "AMD Fusion" program a try, thinking it wouldnt do anything. I was wrong, running the "online gaming" profile I was able to cut down the server load time to like 6 seconds. I know that some servers load slower than others so I tried it out on a bunch of them. Even with different hosts, countries, ping (between 16ms and 280ms), and on different patch versions, the average load time from all of them was about 10 seconds. Before using this utility I was getting an average 1.5 minutes. I dont use a router, just a direct connection to my dsl modem. My internet speed is rated at 5mbps down, .5mbps up. Maybe this was just dumb luck in my case but I was wondering if anyone else noticed this? If you have an amd board you might want to give it a try and maybe leave some feedback with the results. My pc specs (I just built it about 2 weeks ago) OS- Windows Ultimate 64 Mobo- Asrock 970 Extreme3 CPU- AMD Athlon x4 640 2.8ghz cooler- Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo Gpu- HIS Radeon hd 6670 Ram- Adata 8gb ddr3 1333 (dual channel kit) hdd- 2x 1tb WD Black, 1x 3tb Seagate monitors- 42in Panasonic 1080p plasma, 2x 20in Hanns-g Audio- Onboard and Creative X-fi X-mod wireless Speakers- Logitech 2.1 channel, M-Audio BX8 D2 Keyboard- Logitech Mouse- Regular Microsoft wireless mouse, 3Dconnexion 3dx, Razer Naga Optical drive- Lite-on Blu-Ray player/burner 3x 120mm fans, 4x 80mm fans

I posted this same thing on another similar forum post. You should hpost what type of isp you have, i.e. cable, dsl, t1..etc... How do I (and other users) configure the internet settings to be able to play this game better? I have been playing (or at least trying to play) this mod for only a day and I have this same issue. Sometimes I can get on a server but when I disconnect I have to reset my modem. I have windows firewall and the modem firewall turned off. I have tried it with dmz on and off and with a different modem all together and I still get this problem. This makes switching servers for me a really long and tedious event. I also understand that this mod is in its alpha stage but I seriously dont think this sort of thing should be happening. I have 5Mbps dsl, which sucks, I know, but I have seen people play this game with less. Aslo, I am not connecting thru a router.. just straight modem to pc. I have also noticed alot of people asking for help on the forums and the only answer they get are people asking more questions or being idiots. ---In case you need any of this info--- mobo: Asrock 970 extreme3 (all drivers updated) cpu: AMD athlon x4 cpu cooler: Cooler Master hyper 212 evo (of course) Gpu: HIS Radeon hd 6670 (oc) Ram: 8gb ddr3 1333 dual channel config hdd: 2 1tb wd black, 1 3tb seagate, ssd: ocz vertex 4 512gb monitors: 42in panasonic viera, 20in hanns-g I just put this pc together last week so I know its not "dusty" or worn out or anything.

How do I (and other users) configure the internet settings to be able to play this game better? I have been playing (or at least trying to play) this mod for only a day and I have this same issue. Sometimes I can get on a server but when I disconnect I have to reset my modem. I have windows firewall and the modem firewall turned off. I have tried it with dmz on and off and with a different modem all together and I still get this problem. This makes switching servers for me a really long and tedious event. I also understand that this mod is in its alpha stage but I seriously dont think this sort of thing should be happening. I have 5Mbps dsl, which sucks, I know, but I have seen people play this game with less. I have also noticed alot of people asking for help on the forums and the only answer they get are people asking more questions or being idiots. ---In case you need any of this info--- mobo: Asrock 970 extreme3 (all drivers updated) cpu: AMD athlon x4 cpu cooler: Cooler Master hyper 212 evo (of course) Gpu: HIS Radeon hd 6670 (oc) Ram: 8gb ddr3 1333 dual channel config hdd: 2 1tb wd black, 1 3tb seagate, ssd: ocz vertex 4 512gb monitors: 42in panasonic viera, 20in hanns-g I just put this pc together last week so I know its not "dusty" or worn out or anything.