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Postby brianlyao » 2010.06.29 (05:13)

Whenever I play N on my Windows 7 computer, It takes up at least 50% of the CPU, usually higher, at values around 90%. I turn off stuff like Firefox but lag spikes occur. I found that svchost.exe can cause extreme lag, but that only occasionally happens. Is there a way to rid of the high CPU usage?

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Postby t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư » 2010.06.29 (06:49)

brianlyao wrote:Whenever I play N on my Windows 7 computer, It takes up at least 50% of the CPU, usually higher, at values around 90%. I turn off stuff like Firefox but lag spikes occur. I found that svchost.exe can cause extreme lag, but that only occasionally happens. Is there a way to rid of the high CPU usage?
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Postby Geti » 2010.06.29 (07:07)

Consider putting the quality down too. Antialiasing can kick old computers/netbooks/small notebooks in the face, if you're running on one.
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Postby blackson » 2010.06.29 (09:22)

brianlyao wrote:Whenever I play N on my Windows 7 computer, It takes up at least 50% of the CPU, usually higher, at values around 90%. I turn off stuff like Firefox but lag spikes occur. I found that svchost.exe can cause extreme lag, but that only occasionally happens. Is there a way to rid of the high CPU usage?
Turn off Windows Aero to Windows Basic.

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Postby brianlyao » 2010.06.30 (19:21)

I have already turned Windows Aero off to Windows 7 Basic. I have tried to turn the quality down, but strangely it has no effect on the CPU. I guess I'll have to put up with it. Thanks for the help anyways, guys. :)

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Postby raigan » 2010.06.30 (22:37)

This may have something to do with older flashplayers not working properly with Windows 7.. performance should be greatly improved when we recompile the ported version for player10.


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