Curse

Vecte · Jun 22, 2006, 01:14 PM // 13:14

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Originally Posted by nitetime

This thread caught my attention so I had to check and I am also running at 100% with GW. This rig is using a 600w power supply, more then enough. Draw your own conclusions I guess. Doesnt seem to affect my gaming experience in any way.

I wanna see screenshots of systems running GW with low cpu usage...

as soon as I arrive home today, I will post a screen shot of my other rig's task manager with the same programs running. reason i posted this was because of the fact that i had never seen a machine run at 100% before while running a game, that is why i had concern.

Vecte · Jun 23, 2006, 12:28 AM // 00:28

Ok, the original screenshot I posted was of the rig I am having the CPU issue with. The screenshots you are about to view are form my other rig.

On the original screen shot of the rig with CPU usage problem: Xfire, Ventrilo, and Guild Wars were running. Guild Wars was logged in, ready to play, but I minimized it. You could clearly see I was running 100% cpu.

The following three screenshots are taken of my other rig. It is running an Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz proc, an ATi Radeon X800 All In Wonder, 1GB of Corsair, Raid 0, and an onboard sound card.

Screenshot 1: Xfire, Ventrilo, and Guild Wars are running, Guild Wars is logged in, ready to play, but minimized. Steam is also running in the background, as well as Kaspersky.

Screenshot 2: Xfire, Ventrilo, Guild Wars, Steam, Kaspersky, and World of Warcraft are running. WoW is logged in ready to play, as well as Guild Wars.

Screenshot 3: Xfire, Ventrilo, Guild Wars, Steam, Kaspersky, World of Warcraft, and Counter-Strike: Source are running. All three games are logged in, ready to play.

With all three of these games open, I can still easily maximize one and play it as if it was the only one running.

kvndoom · Jun 23, 2006, 01:51 AM // 01:51

Oh my gawd jeezus h christmas, man. I ASKED you if your Intel CPU was hyperthreaded or not. Do you not see TWO windows under CPU Usage History? One of them is your virtual processor, by means of HT, which shows up in Windows as having two CPU's. So, just like with a dual-core computer, 100% usage by one core will be shown in Task Manager as 50% total CPU usage. Ya know, since 100% is 50% of 200%, last time I was in math class. Guess what? If your computer was a quad-core Opteron, you'd be seeing 25-30% CPU usage, because 100% is 25% of 400%.

Please, please, PLEASE get off the CPU usage train. It has derailed. You have provided the evidence yourself without even realizing it.

Alias_X · Jun 23, 2006, 04:15 AM // 04:15

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Originally Posted by kvndoom

You've got to get off the 100% CPU usage train, man. It does not matter, it is normal. Alias has an X2, so his 57% means 100% of one CPU core and 14% of another. I've run Guild Wars on an Athlon 64 3400 Clawhammer (2.2 / 1MB), a 3400 Newcastle (2.4 / 512K), and a 3200 Newcastle (2.2 / 512K), and each and every machine was at 100% CPU while the game was running, even on completely minimal installs, with no fluff running in the background. Minimized, maximized, whatever, that's just how it is. I guess you won't believe that's normal until a hundred or so people post their task manager screens. Maybe you should get a dual-core CPU just so you can see a lower number and sleep better at night. Your fixation with a non-problem is causing you to not look for the real culprit.

(sorry, couldn't resist)

Have you run Memtest yet? A bad memory stick can easily screw up your system by corrupting any data written to the bad address(es).

Wrong. I am not using 100% of one core and 14% of another. I am running more than just Guild Wars, and the programs are spread out among the cores.

jaibas17 · Jun 24, 2006, 03:35 AM // 03:35

hm.... limit your fps to 30 and see what happens...

as gw, as most games, they will run max fps, meaning that the cpu will always struggle to get more fps, meaning that you will always be at 100%

I run GW at 100% always, and I dont care, cuz it helps me get better fps, try what I said, maybe that will help you realize its the only way you wont have 100% usage

Vecte · Jun 24, 2006, 07:53 PM // 19:53

well, my cpu has hypertransport, it is just not active. according to amd support, i have to go into the bios to do, which i will prolly do later on. other than that, i really don't care anymore. i did decide on getting another video card(an x1800xt, the benchmarks were awesome, and i couldn't beat $350 with 2 day shipping included), and my power supply arrived last night. i put it in, and everything is great so far. i'll k eep you updated, and sorry to everyone for being so hard headed. i get like that sometimes.