Author Topic: cpu at 50% ? (Read 300 times)

Saber · « **on:** July 17, 2007, 05:28:05 AM »

When aces high is running my CPU is at 50%, should it be running at about
98% or so? Here is my System Information.

sony vaio vgc-rb47g

Processor Intel Pentium 4 3 GHz

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition

Processor Speed 3 GHz

Bus Speed 800 MHz

Video Output Interface PCI Express
Memory
RAM Technology DDR SDRAM

Installed RAM 2 GB

Installed Video Memory 128 MB

Supported RAM Speeds 400 MHz

Installed Cache Memory 2 MB

Graphic Processor 7800 gt, 256mb

Saber

The Fugitive · « **Reply #1 on:** July 17, 2007, 06:21:49 AM »

Skuzzy says that there is a problem with the way dualcores are reporting CPU usage, so while it says 50% its not

Skuzzy · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2007, 06:59:59 AM »

50% means 100% on one core. Take all the percentages and multiple by the number of cores you have in your computer.

In Microsoft's world, an application can only run on one CPU, so the Task Manager assumes the most an application can take, in the case of a dual-core CPU, is 50%.

Kermit de frog · « **Reply #3 on:** July 17, 2007, 12:11:14 PM »

Saber DOES NOT HAVE A DUO CORE.

He has a Pentium 4 w/ HT

Skuzzy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 17, 2007, 01:19:34 PM »

It is treated as a dual core by Windows. HT is nearly dual-core, but not quite.

Kermit de frog · « **Reply #5 on:** July 18, 2007, 12:54:02 PM »

Interesting. Thanks for the clarification.

BTW Saber, your specs so far seem like good choices in hardware.