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skypx · 04-18-2002, 01:58 PM

Hey, can anyone guess why my cpu usage is so low?

Swede · 04-18-2002, 02:38 PM

WOW!!

Nice framrate! What grafx card do you have in that machine?

Also your computer cpu usage really puzles me. How do you make it so low?!

And your background image looks very cool!

Don't leave me hanging. I need inormation.

skypx · 04-18-2002, 02:41 PM

Well Swede the video card is the gerfoce 4 but I am trying to see if someone can figure out why my cpu usage is so low.

Swede · 04-18-2002, 02:51 PM

Well... is it just the wide version or also the normal version, and also in fullscreen?

These are questions that could lead us closer to an answer.

You have a lot of memory also...

What machine do you have? MB, memorytype and such?

Conga 33L · 04-18-2002, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by skypx
I am trying to see if someone can figure out why my cpu usage is so low.

Answers on a postcard

skypx · 04-18-2002, 03:03 PM

Originally posted by Swede
Well... is it just the wide version or also the normal version, and also in fullscreen?

These are questions that could lead us closer to an answer.

You have a lot of memory also...

What machine do you have? MB, memorytype and such?

Here is a clue. It has nothing to do with how much or what type of memory. Its the widescreen version, but the same applies to the other version as well, fullscreen or windowed.

Tiny Turtle · 04-18-2002, 03:10 PM

Hey Sky, are you asking or quizzing?

Are we perhaps talking about a multiprocessor system?

skypx · 04-18-2002, 03:14 PM

Originally posted by Tiny Turtle
Hey Sky, are you asking or quizzing?

Are we perhaps talking about a multiprocessor system?

Quizzing!! Yep that's it.

Swede · 04-18-2002, 03:24 PM

Hm.. If it was multiprocessors, shouldn't the taskmanager show a split window, like the one below?

skypx · 04-18-2002, 03:40 PM

Originally posted by Swede
Hm.. If it was multiprocessors, shouldn't the taskmanager show a split window, like the one below?

It does, I just changed it to keep the game going.

Swede · 04-18-2002, 03:46 PM

Ouch! That kind of system doesn't fit a students rather small pile of cash. (Even if it might occur in ones dreams!)

Is it four processors on one motherboard, or how does it work?!

hayc59 · 04-18-2002, 08:44 PM

hello, and where does one find that Task Monitor??
i have windows 98se and cannot locate that thing!!
please help...........thanks

Tiny Turtle · 04-19-2002, 12:42 AM

Sorry, Sword. You gotta have a NT-based system (NT, 2k or XP) to be able to use the status monitor...

drfish · 04-19-2002, 09:55 AM

Umm... The Aquarium can take advantage of multiple processors??? *puzzled* I'm not thinkin' so...

I would have to say that any flavor Geforce4 (not those yucky MX versions of course, they don't count) w/ a speedy processor could give that frame rate...

jhwpbm · 04-19-2002, 04:36 PM

I have a dual-processor (Pentium Pro 180, several years old now) machine and my utilization never goes above 47% or so running the screen saver. I'm assuming that WindowsXP is handling the distribution of processing tasks across the processors.

Lots of people say that multiprocessors don't make much of a difference, but that has not been my experience. Even though there are few PROGRAMS specifically designed to take advantage of multiprocessing, just splitting up Windows tasks and having an "extra" processor available to throw tasks to makes a WORLD of difference in system "responsiveness". My dual-processor PC runs (subjectively) about the same as a single processor 1.3GHz Celeron I checked out the other day.

HellBound · 04-20-2002, 10:21 AM

Hehe the reason is the geforce 4 is doing all the processing for that 3d program.

feldon34 · 04-24-2002, 10:20 AM

The Aquarium soaks up 100% of the primary (first) CPU regardless of how much it needs. The Aquarium on a 1.2 GHz Athlon system like mine with a GeForce 2 MX should only need 4% of the CPU. It uses 100% generating tens of thousands of unneeded frames instead.

Not complaining, just hoping Will Ware can find the gremlin in the code that's keeping our heat sinks and fans working overtime.

drfish · 04-24-2002, 10:36 AM

I love the aquarium the way it is, my room isn't heated very well so anything that makes my computer produce more heat is good for me! I've got 6 well placed fans in the thing, so it keeps its self (the CPU) at a very respectable 31°C, but it's practically a space heater! I would have frozen this winter if it wasn't for my "hot" monitor/tower combo.

Yellow Tang · 04-25-2002, 01:44 AM

Oh no, 6 fans, i don't hope this thing is flying around in your room like an helicopter!

drfish · 04-25-2002, 10:11 AM

Sadly, it doesn't fly (maybe that'll be my next mod, a hovering computer case would be l33t) but I placed it strategically in my room so it circulates the maximum volume of air. If I put filters over the intake and exhaust fans it would be space heater and an air-filter!

übercool!

04-18-2002, 01:58 PM	#1
skypx Dual Xeon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Grovetown, GA Posts: 93	What's going on? Hey, can anyone guess why my cpu usage is so low?

04-18-2002, 02:38 PM	#2
Swede Registered Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Karlskrona, Sweden Posts: 172	WOW!! Nice framrate! What grafx card do you have in that machine? Also your computer cpu usage really puzles me. How do you make it so low?! And your background image looks very cool! Don't leave me hanging. I need inormation. 4x / F C Am G F C Am G // Chorus: 3x /F C Am G F C Am G//

04-18-2002, 02:51 PM	#4
Swede Registered Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Karlskrona, Sweden Posts: 172	Well... is it just the wide version or also the normal version, and also in fullscreen? These are questions that could lead us closer to an answer. You have a lot of memory also... What machine do you have? MB, memorytype and such? 4x / F C Am G F C Am G // Chorus: 3x /F C Am G F C Am G//

04-18-2002, 02:54 PM	#5
Conga 33L yay yay yayyyy Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: East of America, West of Europe. Posts: 61	Originally posted by skypx I am trying to see if someone can figure out why my cpu usage is so low. Answers on a postcard The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.

04-18-2002, 03:03 PM	#6
skypx Dual Xeon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Grovetown, GA Posts: 93	Originally posted by Swede Well... is it just the wide version or also the normal version, and also in fullscreen? These are questions that could lead us closer to an answer. You have a lot of memory also... What machine do you have? MB, memorytype and such? Here is a clue. It has nothing to do with how much or what type of memory. Its the widescreen version, but the same applies to the other version as well, fullscreen or windowed. Last edited by skypx; 04-18-2002 at 03:08 PM.

04-18-2002, 02:41 PM	#3
skypx Dual Xeon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Grovetown, GA Posts: 93	Well Swede the video card is the gerfoce 4 but I am trying to see if someone can figure out why my cpu usage is so low.

04-18-2002, 03:10 PM	#7
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Hey Sky, are you asking or quizzing? Are we perhaps talking about a multiprocessor system? Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

04-18-2002, 03:14 PM	#8
skypx Dual Xeon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Grovetown, GA Posts: 93	Originally posted by Tiny Turtle Hey Sky, are you asking or quizzing? Are we perhaps talking about a multiprocessor system? Quizzing!! Yep that's it.

04-18-2002, 03:24 PM	#9
Swede Registered Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Karlskrona, Sweden Posts: 172	Hm.. If it was multiprocessors, shouldn't the taskmanager show a split window, like the one below? 4x / F C Am G F C Am G // Chorus: 3x /F C Am G F C Am G//

04-18-2002, 03:40 PM	#10
skypx Dual Xeon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Grovetown, GA Posts: 93	Originally posted by Swede Hm.. If it was multiprocessors, shouldn't the taskmanager show a split window, like the one below? It does, I just changed it to keep the game going.

04-18-2002, 03:46 PM	#11
Swede Registered Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Karlskrona, Sweden Posts: 172	Ouch! That kind of system doesn't fit a students rather small pile of cash. (Even if it might occur in ones dreams!) Is it four processors on one motherboard, or how does it work?! 4x / F C Am G F C Am G // Chorus: 3x /F C Am G F C Am G//

04-18-2002, 08:44 PM	#12
hayc59 VoodØØ Child™ Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 252	hello, and where does one find that Task Monitor?? i have windows 98se and cannot locate that thing!! please help...........thanks ãrê ¥Øu êxpêriêncêÐ 9.11.01 Never Forget God Bless America

04-19-2002, 12:42 AM	#13
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Sorry, Sword. You gotta have a NT-based system (NT, 2k or XP) to be able to use the status monitor... Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

04-19-2002, 09:55 AM	#14
drfish the Doc Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 5,353	Umm... The Aquarium can take advantage of multiple processors??? puzzled I'm not thinkin' so... I would have to say that any flavor Geforce4 (not those yucky MX versions of course, they don't count) w/ a speedy processor could give that frame rate... I don't watch commercials.

04-19-2002, 04:36 PM	#15
jhwpbm Registered Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 8	WindowsXP/DirectX uses multiprocessors I have a dual-processor (Pentium Pro 180, several years old now) machine and my utilization never goes above 47% or so running the screen saver. I'm assuming that WindowsXP is handling the distribution of processing tasks across the processors. Lots of people say that multiprocessors don't make much of a difference, but that has not been my experience. Even though there are few PROGRAMS specifically designed to take advantage of multiprocessing, just splitting up Windows tasks and having an "extra" processor available to throw tasks to makes a WORLD of difference in system "responsiveness". My dual-processor PC runs (subjectively) about the same as a single processor 1.3GHz Celeron I checked out the other day.

04-20-2002, 10:21 AM	#16
HellBound Registered Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 48	Hehe the reason is the geforce 4 is doing all the processing for that 3d program.

04-24-2002, 10:20 AM	#17
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	The Aquarium soaks up 100% of the primary (first) CPU regardless of how much it needs. The Aquarium on a 1.2 GHz Athlon system like mine with a GeForce 2 MX should only need 4% of the CPU. It uses 100% generating tens of thousands of unneeded frames instead. Not complaining, just hoping Will Ware can find the gremlin in the code that's keeping our heat sinks and fans working overtime. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-24-2002, 10:36 AM	#18
drfish the Doc Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 5,353	I love the aquarium the way it is, my room isn't heated very well so anything that makes my computer produce more heat is good for me! I've got 6 well placed fans in the thing, so it keeps its self (the CPU) at a very respectable 31°C, but it's practically a space heater! I would have frozen this winter if it wasn't for my "hot" monitor/tower combo. I don't watch commercials.

04-25-2002, 01:44 AM	#19
Yellow Tang YT Join Date: Jan 2002 Tournaments Won: 1 Location: Germany Posts: 729	Oh no, 6 fans, i don't hope this thing is flying around in your room like an helicopter!

04-25-2002, 10:11 AM	#20
drfish the Doc Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 5,353	Sadly, it doesn't fly (maybe that'll be my next mod, a hovering computer case would be l33t) but I placed it strategically in my room so it circulates the maximum volume of air. If I put filters over the intake and exhaust fans it would be space heater and an air-filter! übercool! I don't watch commercials. Last edited by drfish; 04-25-2002 at 10:15 AM.