Use what you want, but in task manager I show spikes to 100% that never show
up on Gadgets.
"Koopa" <Koopa@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7D265BD3-54F8-4A40-90BA-D37523B49BBB@xxxxxx
Quote:
>I downloaded the "multi meter" gadget for my sidebar, it shows little core
> percentage use each and about 50% ram use....
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
> Quote:
>> You might check in Task Manager to see if one of your cores is spiking to
>> 100% while the other has spare capacity. Make sure to change view to
>> show
>> both cores and if so, you may be able to change the affinity for some
>> apps
>> to compensate. Vista has this problem on my machine with many apps
>> running
>> where XP did a better job of allocating.
>>
>> "Koopa" <Koopa@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:7BDCB9DA-0CBB-407A-B775-6C0C90F26269@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > After a fresh installation of Vista Home Premium, my pc freezes
>> > randomly.
>> > If
>> > i decide to wait it out it magically unfreezes but this is a constant
>> > habit.
>> > It leaves the pc clock frozen at the time of the freeze. Suprisingly it
>> > lets
>> > me play full screen games but nothing else. Reinstalled multiple times,
>> > downloaded all updates with no change. Perhaps my motherboard isnt
>> > compatible? or my graphics card is just dumb? :S any help would be much
>> > appreciated.
>> >
>> > Foxconn RC4107MA-RS2 Motherboard
>> > Intel 3.4ghz Dual Core Processor
>> > Nvidia 7600GT Graphics Card (256mb)
>> > 1gb RAM
>>
>>