It seems that several PC game intros made with Bink and in game graphics are strongly slowed down by something coming from XP SP3. If you have:
- Bink videos with cut, stutternig audio in Prince of Persia and Bioshock 2 and Race Driver GRID and many others (if you are here you probably know)
- Slow games
- Low fps even on high-end hardware like mine (ATI HD5850 and i7860 on Asus p55 Deluxe E)
…and if oddly these issues came after you enjoyed your games for sometime without problems (people report installing XP updates / other programs (?) were the causes), below is the solution
Solution step-by-step:
Start>Accessories>Command prompt
cd..
cd..
When your command prompt is in C:\>, then:
edit boot.ini
With the arrow keys bring your blinking white prompt to the right end of the last line.
Write /usepmtimer at the end of this line (so that the right part of the line is similar to what you see in the post picture)
In the menu file of the edit blue window choose save and then close
Reboot
ENJOY YOUR FULL POWER PC AGAIN!!!!
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Thanks you SOOO MUCH. I’ve been having problems with Batman AA stuttering, and this fixed it. THANK YOU.
I am happy it helped you, too. I also took a long time to find a solution. Happy gaming
my boot.ini already had this.
and bink still messes around.
any ideas?
If you google this problem, people changed BIOS settings (turned off speedstep tech and sleeping stages) and set up the Asus Turbo software at max (instead of auto) … it did not help me, though.
Thank you a lot. I had to live with this problem for 2 months(in Splinter Cell Conviction, The Saboteur..). I’ve updated lot’s of drivers on my PC, looked for the solution from time to time. And finaly I found quick and helpful solution here.
Yeah, I am happy it worked with you too! Sadly for Devon it did not – but I have no clue more than this..
I tried to do what you said but when i open boot.ini there is nothing written in it the file is empty, what am i doing wrong ?
If your c:\boot.ini is empty, you can fill it up with this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
Anyone know a fix for windows 7? i get the same problem as here…
I must say all my problems related to choppy Bink videos in XP got solved with Win7 Enterprise 64bit.
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You sir, are my new hero!! Been trying to solve this problems for years now! Tried almost everything, except buying a new computer lol Thank you!
Important to say that /usepmtimer has to be written at the end of the last line and not in a new paragraph or it won’t work.
Epic win for you! Thank you!
Great! Enjoy gaming again!
Thank you sooo much!
I wanted to play Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare and had trouble with the Intro movie being choppy. After I dunno how long troubleshooting I found your solution and it worked!
Thanks!!!
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