Very High CPU Usage Frustration

[Guest]

Ok, I installed a game on my Windows Vista with 1.83ghz with 2.0gb of RAM.

I cannot tell you how much my frustration built. I'm probably gonna have a
nightmare of throwing my laptop outside my window...ugh...
What happens is whenever i start a game or start a game programme like
Counter-strike Steam menu, it freezes and my cpu usage of that programme
reaches sky rocketing levels.... i updated my vista in every way and still
does this. I know it doesnt ahve to do with my anti virus programmes and
firewalls since i shut them down and even tried uninstalling norton. What the
heck is goign on?

If anyone has suggestions, I'd be incredibly filled with gratitude to accept
them.

Thank you!

 

[Dana Cline]

Uninstalling Norton is a good first step. With nothing running, what is your
CPU usage percentage? Do all games send the CPU meter to 100%? If you let it
sit, does it eventually stop what it's doing and become playable? Have you
confirmed with the manufacturers that the games are _supposed_ to run OK in
Vista?

Do you have the Windows Search service disabled so it doesn't index your
hard drive? Have you turned off the Sidebar? Is this a purchased PC that
came with loads of junkware?

Download Microsoft's free "autoruns" utility and see what gets loaded at
startup.

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

 

[gls858]

Ok, I installed a game on my Windows Vista with 1.83ghz with 2.0gb of RAM.

I cannot tell you how much my frustration built. I'm probably gonna have a
nightmare of throwing my laptop outside my window...ugh...
What happens is whenever i start a game or start a game programme like
Counter-strike Steam menu, it freezes and my cpu usage of that programme
reaches sky rocketing levels.... i updated my vista in every way and still
does this. I know it doesnt ahve to do with my anti virus programmes and
firewalls since i shut them down and even tried uninstalling norton. What the
heck is goign on?

If anyone has suggestions, I'd be incredibly filled with gratitude to accept
them.

Thank you!

Have you checked to see if the games are Vista compliant? Try right
clicking the program icon and select run as admin. Or check the
properites and select XP compatability mode. Might work, might not
some older programs just won't run under Vista.

gls858

 

[Guest]

Ok does anyone else think that it's bulls**t that the user has to perform all
these 'steps' to get a simple game to work. Surely windows vista should be
'smart' enough to configure itself automatically for gaming, not only that
but users shouldn't have to throw away their games because microsoft can't be
bothered to make their OS backwards compatible. I had vista, but now I have
XP again, it's so much better! I can use my computer the way I want to!
Amazing that!

 

[keepout]

Ok does anyone else think that it's bulls**t that the user has to perform all
these 'steps' to get a simple game to work. Surely windows vista should be
'smart' enough to configure itself automatically for gaming, not only that
but users shouldn't have to throw away their games because microsoft can't be
bothered to make their OS backwards compatible. I had vista, but now I have
XP again, it's so much better! I can use my computer the way I want to!
Amazing that!

get XCPU. And boot your games thru it. This is assuming you have a dual processor. You'll still see 100% CPU usage, but only on the CPU you run the game on.

I use XCPU a lot when I multitask multimedia videos to the max and have both CPU's maxed out at 2.8 ghz. If you want to see what XCPU can do, runSETI without it. then run SETI with it. The machine will bog down with both CPU's maxed out at 100%. worse than some virus programs. switch SETIto use XCPU on 1 CPU, and the unused CPU will drop to maybe 5-6% usage. while the others at 100%. But you won't notice it.

It's not necessary 24/7, just during peak loads. but if it's a game, thatis a peak load. What it does is assign the game to use ONLY 1 CPU, and the OS uses the other CPU. I normally put the loaded stuff [SETI, Media, etc..] on CPU 1. and leave CPU 0 for everything else.

 

[ALGI]

Dnia Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:58:45 -0400, (e-mail address removed) napisa³(a):

get XCPU. And boot your games thru it. This is assuming you have a dual processor. You'll still see 100% CPU usage, but only on the CPU you run the game on.

I use XCPU a lot when I multitask multimedia videos to the max and have both CPU's maxed out at 2.8 ghz. If you want to see what XCPU can do, run SETI without it. then run SETI with it. The machine will bog down with both CPU's maxed out at 100%. worse than some virus programs. switch SETI to use XCPU on 1 CPU, and the unused CPU will drop to maybe 5-6% usage. while the others at 100%. But you won't notice it.

It's not necessary 24/7, just during peak loads. but if it's a game, that is a peak load. What it does is assign the game to use ONLY 1 CPU, and the OS uses the other CPU. I normally put the loaded stuff [SETI, Media, etc..] on CPU 1. and leave CPU 0 for everything else.

But you can assign CPU core by task manager... just right click on the
proces name and then "set coaligation" (I don't know how it would by in
English version as I use different language).

 

[keepout]

Dnia Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:58:45 -0400, (e-mail address removed) napisa³(a):

get XCPU. And boot your games thru it. This is assuming you have a dual processor. You'll still see 100% CPU usage, but only on the CPU you run the game on.

I use XCPU a lot when I multitask multimedia videos to the max and have both CPU's maxed out at 2.8 ghz. If you want to see what XCPU can do, run SETI without it. then run SETI with it. The machine will bog downwith both CPU's maxed out at 100%. worse than some virus programs. switch SETI to use XCPU on 1 CPU, and the unused CPU will drop to maybe 5-6% usage. while the others at 100%. But you won't notice it.

It's not necessary 24/7, just during peak loads. but if it's a game, that is a peak load. What it does is assign the game to use ONLY 1 CPU, and the OS uses the other CPU. I normally put the loaded stuff [SETI, Media, etc..] on CPU 1. and leave CPU 0 for everything else.

But you can assign CPU core by task manager... just right click on the
proces name and then "set coaligation" (I don't know how it would by in
English version as I use different language).

You can boot the program on 1 CPU or the other with XCPU. If it's a guaranteed load, you'd want to boot on 1 CPU all the time. So why waste time with task manager ?
I would guess you can also use task scheduler to run programs from 1 CPU also. Probably many ways to run from 1 CPU. I suggested one way that works.