CPU at 100%

Spookie71 · #1 August 4th, 2007, 01:14 PM

When I run winspmbt my cpu goes to 100% and stays there unless I minimize the game screen and it returns to around 12% with memory usage around 22% I have a pentium 4 2.4 GHz processor. This happens with all scenarios. Any Ideas how to prevent this.

Thx Scott

Mobhack · #2 August 4th, 2007, 02:55 PM

The programme is a [/b]game[/b] - so it runs in a continuous game loop. It is not meant to give time to other applications - but it can be run in parallel, esp in windowed mode.

Cheers
Andy

Horses · #3 September 14th, 2007, 03:54 AM

Dear,

I have the same Problem in windowed Mode (Windows XP Home SP2).
CPU-Load is very high, but my system should be more than sufficient (Core Duo2 E6850).

Thx

reverend · #4 September 16th, 2007, 06:21 AM

Same here. It seems that sound playback in particular produces huge CPU loads. Not a problem, but a bit irritating. Most low-end windowed mode games do not produce such high loads.

Horses · #5 September 16th, 2007, 11:28 AM

My Sound is disabled, so apparently it is not the sound the causes the high CPU-Load.

Smersh · #6 September 16th, 2007, 02:33 PM

Are you playing on a laptob or desktop?

Some processors throttle down performance at certain tempretures, especially on laptobs.

Horses · #7 September 16th, 2007, 05:32 PM

Desktop. Meanwhile I found out that the problem exist only in windowed mode. In fullscreen mode the CPU-Load is about 1% (if I switch to Task Manager).

SheaColandri · #8 October 21st, 2007, 10:12 AM

On my system, windowed mode SPMBT uses 48% of the CPU since it is always running in its own partition. It isn't designed for sharing resources while running (as succinctly stated by Mobhack Andy). I believe that full-screen mode is an all-or-nothing proposition; when you switch to Task Manager, you're effectively halting the game temporarily.

{P4 3.0gHZ, Intel 865PBZ mobo, 2GB dual-channel mem, Sapphire Radeon X1550/256MB DDR2)