[QUESTION] How can i use less CPU %?

lordstrong9 · Post by **lordstrong9** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:54 pm

Hey everyone i was just wondering How i can use less % of my CPU because when i stall at night the cpu is always at 100% usage. i was wondering if anyone knows a way that i could keep it on the desktop and that it would not be using cpu for silkroad. hence not using any graphics for it, just on the desktop. can anyone help? and give advice?

Many thanks!

My p.c sounds like a car starting up lol

Ergonio · Post by **Ergonio** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:55 pm

press alt+ctrl+del and close all processes that you don't need

Innovacious · Post by **Innovacious** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:56 pm

100%, wow, mines usually around 30% ish :S. While your playing press ctrl, alt and delete, it will bring up the task manager and hopefully stop the game from rendering any new frames until you click on it again, thus reducing the cpu usage.

Dark0Archer0 · Post by **Dark0Archer0** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:16 pm

Um buy better processor and more RAM?

Vandango · Post by **Vandango** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:19 pm

only 50% and averge 30 FPS
i want it to use more

FuryAngle · Post by **FuryAngle** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:23 pm

Im only at 4-7%

altho HL2 takes 10% or something like that

[SD]Twysta · Post by **[SD]Twysta** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:26 pm

I had silkroad and css up a few days ago and it used 30% lol.

JackB4u3r · Post by **JackB4u3r** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:13 pm

Go to start > Press on Run > Enter msconfig > When the window pops up go to Startup > Maximize the window and then check out everything you don't need on the start up > After that you just have to restart your computer and when you log back in ignore a pop up that will come, just some stupid notice.

---Rev--- · Post by **---Rev---** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:17 pm

press ctrl+alt+del to bring up task man

then switch to cpu ussage screen making sure that you close all you other stuff other than SRO otherwise theres no point.

then whilst at the cpu usage screen move the task man window around over the SRO screen. This will stop your computer from rendering SRO it will inturn reduce your cpu usage down to around 3%

Vandango · Post by **Vandango** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:42 pm

---Rev--- wrote:press ctrl+alt+del to bring up task man

then switch to cpu ussage screen making sure that you close all you other stuff other than SRO otherwise theres no point.

then whilst at the cpu usage screen move the task man window around over the SRO screen. This will stop your computer from rendering SRO it will inturn reduce your cpu usage down to around 3%

ea dont turn off some of the things windows needs
like exploer.exe
otherwise u get no taskbar, icons or anything

MastaChiefX · Post by **MastaChiefX** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:45 pm

Karlos Vandango wrote:
---Rev--- wrote:press ctrl+alt+del to bring up task man

then switch to cpu ussage screen making sure that you close all you other stuff other than SRO otherwise theres no point.

then whilst at the cpu usage screen move the task man window around over the SRO screen. This will stop your computer from rendering SRO it will inturn reduce your cpu usage down to around 3%

ea dont turn off some of the things windows needs
like exploer.exe
otherwise u get no taskbar, icons or anything

It should come back though.

Vandango · Post by **Vandango** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:49 pm

MastaChiefX wrote:
Karlos Vandango wrote:
---Rev--- wrote:press ctrl+alt+del to bring up task man

then switch to cpu ussage screen making sure that you close all you other stuff other than SRO otherwise theres no point.

then whilst at the cpu usage screen move the task man window around over the SRO screen. This will stop your computer from rendering SRO it will inturn reduce your cpu usage down to around 3%

ea dont turn off some of the things windows needs
like exploer.exe
otherwise u get no taskbar, icons or anything

It should come back though.

it dosent unless u restart

task manager > New task >(My Case) WINNT > Exploer.exe

MastaChiefX · Post by **MastaChiefX** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:00 pm

Karlos Vandango wrote:
MastaChiefX wrote:
Karlos Vandango wrote:
---Rev--- wrote:press ctrl+alt+del to bring up task man

then switch to cpu ussage screen making sure that you close all you other stuff other than SRO otherwise theres no point.

then whilst at the cpu usage screen move the task man window around over the SRO screen. This will stop your computer from rendering SRO it will inturn reduce your cpu usage down to around 3%

ea dont turn off some of the things windows needs
like exploer.exe
otherwise u get no taskbar, icons or anything

It should come back though.

it dosent unless u restart

task manager > New task >(My Case) WINNT > Exploer.exe

Depends on how you close it, by crashing it, it will automatically back.

Vandango · Post by **Vandango** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:09 pm

MastaChiefX wrote:
Depends on how you close it, by crashing it, it will automatically back.

never comes back for me
my sro used to crash when i used to a porgram accioted with windows exploer
like going to theb start menu my computer etc etc
would never come back unless i restarted it

---Rev--- · Post by **---Rev---** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:12 pm

to get windows back just click on file then new task and type in explorer.exe it will start it back up without needing to reboot.

I also didnt mean turn all of your processes of that would be a stupid thing to do I meant make sure you have turned of all other stuff like browsers media players and a like

ddcc · Post by **ddcc** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:14 pm

Only once. Second time crash it won't come back.