

The framing story is set in the 21st century and follows Desmond Miles as he relives the genetic memories of his ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze. The plot is set in a fictional history setting and follows the centuries-old struggle between the Assassins, who fight for peace with free will, and the Knights Templars, who desire peace through control. Several minor game related features could be redeemed on Uplay and three downloadable expansion packs were released on Xbox Live. The game was first released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2009, and was later made available on Microsoft Windows in March 2010 and OS X in October 2010. It is the second major installment in the Assassin's Creed series, a sequel to 2007's Assassin's Creed. The affinity fix also fixes the same issue with ACB, ACR and AC3 when using VSync.Assassin's Creed II is a 2009 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.

Removing the first core of your cpu availability manually using the Task Manager affinity or alternatively using utility Process Lasso to automatically remove CPU 0 access from the AC2 executable resolves this.
When using VSync, excessive single core use is also evident (typically 99%) with any Quad Core CPU and above.
