ID software has released the latest update 1.05 for Quake 4, enabling SMP support on Quake 4 engine, which is made in partnership with Intel, but also works fine on Dual core Athlon64
Keep in mind that this update will only rivide improvement on Hyoerthreading or Dual core based CPU, single core CPU will not benefit at all even 1%, so all U athlon64 single core users have no use for it
U can download it from
Yahoo Games, this is the fastest server i found for this, or go to guake4game.com for additional servers. 12 MB
To enable, install this patch then, either write these lines in your autoexec.cfg file if U got one or write this in the console
seta r_usesmp="1"
For a benchmark result go to
Firing Squad
I got a hyperthreading based CPU but don't have quake 4 installed, i will post my results soon
Now, following Quake 4, CoD 2 has also got a Patch for SMP, This update is also made in guidence from Intel, but might also work with AMD Dual core.
Download from
Activision 5.5 MB
Keep in mind that these updates include all the previous released updates, & due to this SMP feature are regarded as beta, so
if U don't have a compatible CPU, do not download it