JeeFo Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Ok, maybe noobish question, but here goes. I have noticed that during game play, CoD4 mostly, my processor never gets above 60% usage. I have a qx6850. 3Dmark and other benches will run my cpu at 100%, so is there something wrong with the game? Perhaps the game is only using 2 cores? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMeeD Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 (edited) Perhaps the game is only using 2 cores? Yup, most likely it. Most newer games dont take advantage of quad cores yet. It seems that dual core support is still catching on. Edited September 9, 2008 by SMeeD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire_storm Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 I don't think call of duty 4 is one of those games that is a smp enabled game and that's why your not getting full usage of your cpu. There's only a handful of games out right know that are smp enabled but as time goes on it will become common place for games to smp enabled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Smith Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 (edited) Look at the CPU usage for each core individually. I know SpeedFan has two meters for C2Ds, but I don't know about C2Qs. If it has four meters, then you'll probably see the two first bars reaching 100% and the two others being very low. I remember that Titan Quest was using my E6750 @ 100% on each core, and that even OCed @ 3.8Ghz. Edited September 9, 2008 by The Smith Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comp Dude2 Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Heh, there's probably still plenty left in that cpu for you to not need to worry about it too much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Why would you want to have 100% CPU usage?! Benches use 100% so it can give you your top score. Games and other apps will only use what it needs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaiusMaxwell Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Why would you want to have 100% CPU usage?! Benches use 100% so it can give you your top score. Games and other apps will only use what it needs. That's what I was thinking... When I play wow and aoc my usage on my q6600 almost never goes over 30%... And rarely will any game take my cpu over 50% I didn't think a game was designed to use 100% cpu..how would you run in windowed mode or tab out and use other apps like instant messenger, xfire, vent/teamspeak and anything else u want to do? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiewior1984 Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 Hi, dont forget, that the less the game uses the more is left for the OS a game using 100% CPU time may cause system unstability. Propably CoD4 isn't taking the advantage of 4cores... yet (maybe Cod5 ) Seriously, though, A friend of mine has a Quad 2.2GHz and plays games like The Witcher, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and so on and reports that sometimes he has to cut some details to maintain the speed. Whereas I play the same games on my Core2Duo 2.66 and didn't notice much performance issues. (though his CPU usage is at 55-60% and mine sometimes reaches 80%) I guess that my 2 cores are utilized better than his four. best regards, wiewior1984. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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