CPU Utilisation @ Maximum

[p0lak]

Hello everybody,

When i start Warhammer, i do a "ALT + ESCAPE", to view CPU utilisation.

I am @ 95 - 99 %. My config is :

Barton 2800+
1 Go Dual DDR
160 Go SATA
Radeon 9700 pro

Also, i ask a friend to test the same thing. He has the same utilisation.

Does a tip exists for this problem ?

THX

See u soon

[FallenSoloSLS]

Have you done all the standard things? Virus scan, AdWare/Crapware (Adaware, Spybot Searth and Destroy), etc?
All your drivers are updated?
You've got the game all patched up, right?
What OS are you running? XP?

It's not uncommon for a game, when starting up, to use a lot of processor power just setting everything up.

[p0lak]

sorry i think i should post into Dawn of War Technical Assistance

i have Windows XP SP2
i have DoW 1.20
my drivers are updated

And u ? what is ure CPU Utilisation ?

PS: 95 % is the utilisation all the time
PS2 : all my friend have the same pb

[FallenSoloSLS]

Strangeness.

[Moe]

Uhm... that is normal? DoW is very taxing on your system, it is entirely normal for it to consume your full CPU power. I got the same thing, and my CPU is even faster than yours.

[ÜberJumper]

All my games do this.

[p0lak]

ow ok

thx for the response

[HFX]

Very normal for this to happen in a game. Game's use busy loops with PeekMessage. This means they don't stop and wait for an event to happen before continuing (like a normal windows app). Now a really interesting test is to run enable showing kernel times. The kernel times are usually a good indication of how well your sound card and video card handle the game provided the game has an upper limit on frame rate.