Re: cpu usage hovers around 50%
What CAD package is it ? Is it multi threaded (sounds like it is not) ? If
it is not the behaviour you are seeing is as expected. You have 2 cores so
when showing 50% the PC is using half of it total available processing power
i.e one core.
A couple of our workstations have Quad core CPU's in them however when
running our 3D package, which is not multi threaded the CPU usage shows 25%.
If you want the calculation time to reduce then you could overclock your CPU
or buy a faster one.
Regards
Martin
"cpw" <cpw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am using Win XP Pro x64 at work for 3D CAD. The cpu usage hovers around
> 50% when the 3D CAD is doing calculations. Most of the time the HD is
idling
> and I have enough memory for the job, so I presume these two items are not
> dragging the system. I can tell I am spending an hour per day
accumulatively
> on waiting and I certainly want to cut this down.
>
> There is a hotfix KB896256 for the XP SP2, but it seems not for the 64 bit
> machine as the installation warns me "This KB896256 is for a different
> hardware platform." Has anyone experienced the same and is there any
other
> tweak?
>
>
> Hardware:
> ASUS P5K
> Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
> 8GB DDR2 800MHz
> NVidia Quadro FX1500
> Seagate 250GB HDD