Thread: I need help with a slow computer
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Old 08-27-2010, 09:31 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by ardeegee View Post
What CPU/how many cores do you have? If you have even a half-way modern CPU, 50% to 80% usage is a MASSIVE amount of computational power being used. On my computer (Phenom II, 4 cores running at 2.6 GHz) normal background level of CPU usage while running several "low-demand" programs (web browser, word processor, etc) is around 2 or 3 percent utilization. Playing a full-screen DVD-resolution Divx takes up only around 2 to 4 percent. If you aren't running some sort of media-encoding software and something it typing up 50% to 80% of your CPU, something is seriously wrong.
I have a 1.7GHz Pentium-M. (multi-core? what's that?)

Hey kid, back in my day i ran my computer on an apple core, and I was happy to have it. Heck, when I first got started all I had was a peach pit.
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