Microsoft KB Archive/269237

= Intel Pentium 4 CPU Is Not Identified Correctly by Windows 2000 Direct3D =

Article ID: 269237

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q269237



SYMPTOMS
Direct3D performance may not be as fast as you expect when you run Windows 2000 on a computer with an Intel Pentium 4 CPU.



CAUSE
This problem can occur if the version of Direct3D that is included with Windows 2000 does not properly identify Intel Pentium 4 processors and does not fully implement the performance optimizations that are available only on Pentium 4 processors.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

Keywords: kbbug kbhardware kbpending kbqfe KB269237

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