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    Dual Core Issues

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Veritoss, Jan 18, 2009.

  1. Veritoss

    Veritoss Newbie

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    Hello, I'm new to the forum, so give me a break.

    Anyway, I have an HP Pavilion dv9000 series, and I have a problem

    Any game or otherwise cpu intensive program I run, the laptop will only use a fraction of the processing power it has to actually run it.

    A good example is Second Life. I take a look at my processes and it will only be using about 18%-25%. I know Second Life does not support dual core affinity, but when I disable the second core, one would expect the processing to increase since the laptop is only using one core, and therefore should try to be using it to its fullest.

    I had a similar problem with Neverwinter Nights. When I scripted the game to use only one core, the processing went up a bit, but still wasn't maximizing the core it was using.

    My question is, is this a problem with Second Life or my laptop? If it is the latter, does anyone have any fixes for this problem? I've trolled the internet and HP's help center and found nothing, so I've resolved to try and join a few forums to get some answers.

    Any and all help will be greatly appreciated

    EDIT: i have 2GB RAM, amd dual core, and NVIDIA Geoforce Go 6150
     
    Veritoss, Jan 18, 2009
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    absolutely maxing out usage of the CPU is very hard to do. even demanding games sometimes won't do this. as long as performance is as it should be, i wouldn't worry about it.
     
    whizzo, Jan 18, 2009
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  3. mullenbooger

    mullenbooger Former New York Giant

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    Whats the problem, are you have FPS issues? If not don't worry about it
     
    mullenbooger, Jan 18, 2009
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  4. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    A game wont always max your processor. However, are you running balanced or performance power scheme?

    edit how about this? three responses in the same minute! go team nbr!
     
    nizzy1115, Jan 18, 2009
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  5. Veritoss

    Veritoss Newbie

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    oh wow, very fast response time, yes.

    And no, I'm running about 10 FPS, thats the reason I wanted to get more out of my machine. I figure it it uses up one whole core it should show at least 50% right?

    And I've already learned my machine runs poorer on balanced and power saver modes, so I keep it on High performance all the time.
     
    Veritoss, Jan 18, 2009
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  6. Veritoss

    Veritoss Newbie

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    Does anyone have any ideas?
     
    Veritoss, Jan 18, 2009
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  7. mullenbooger

    mullenbooger Former New York Giant

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    Could it be your video card is bottlenecking performance? Don't know how to test it, but it is pretty old.
     
    mullenbooger, Jan 18, 2009
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  8. ratchetnclank

    ratchetnclank Notebook Deity

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    This.

    The GPU is very old and neverwinter nights 2 is quite taxing on even a newer gpu.


    I get 30 fps with all maxed 1280 x 720 resolution on my machine (see sig for specs).
     
    ratchetnclank, Jan 19, 2009
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