i was encoding some video, which one would expect to use up 100% CPU, but the process that was doing the encoding (virtualdub) couldn't get more than 50% juice from my CPU. The other 50% is being used by F@H constantly. i thought F@H was only supposed to use idle time.
F@H doesn't seem to like sharing cycles with other apps,
F@H NOT low priority?
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yeah it's dual core... F@H can only use 1 core so it shows up as 50% in task manager. but it just seems like sometimes F@H is using up 50% even when there are higher priority processes, cause those processes seem to max out at 50%.NeilBlanchard wrote:Hello,
Do you have a dual core CPU? If so, then the video encoding program may only be using one of the cores, and so F@H uses the other?
What F@H client(s) are you using?
i was watching my video encoding yesterday. sometimes virtualdub would be able to get 100% cpu, but some other processes seem to max out at 50% all the time, as if F@H wouldn't throttle down...
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Hi mr. poopyhead, what OS are you using?
Is virtualdub capable of using two CPUs?
Can virtualdub use both CPUs for all it's tasks or only some?
FYI F@H should /can only use processor cycles that would otherwise be idle cycles.
What client are you using?
Have you considered the SMP client?
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Is virtualdub capable of using two CPUs?
Can virtualdub use both CPUs for all it's tasks or only some?
FYI F@H should /can only use processor cycles that would otherwise be idle cycles.
What client are you using?
Have you considered the SMP client?
Regards
Pete
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i'm using the console client... the one without the fancy graphics. dunno what version. but come to think of it, that WOULD be a perfect explanation for why some of the encoding processes max out at 50%... shoulda thought of that before.peteamer wrote:Hi mr. poopyhead, what OS are you using?
Is virtualdub capable of using two CPUs?
Can virtualdub use both CPUs for all it's tasks or only some?
FYI F@H should /can only use processor cycles that would otherwise be idle cycles.
What client are you using?
Have you considered the SMP client?
Regards
Pete
thanks.