Subject: Re: Seti@Home never uses more than 50% CPU ???
From: Morten Wennevik
Date: 14/08/2004, 21:56
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti

sig666 <sig666_lahspamno@yahoo.com> wrote:
: Morten Wennevik wrote:
: > I recently assembled a new computer
: > 
: > Asus P4G800-E
: > P4 3.2 HT (130nm)
: > Dual 2x512Mb RAM
: > SATA RAID 2x200MB
: > GeForce 6800 Ultra GS
: > Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro
: > Windows XP Pro
: > 
: > All is fine, however Seti@Home is running at 50% CPU when the machine is 
: > idle, and it NEVER goes above 50%.
: > 
: > Checking the devices it appears Windows XP claims I have two P4-3.2 
: > installed, and right-clicking on a process lets me set the affinity and 
: > choose which processor the processes are allowed to use (CPU 0 and/or 
: > CPU 1).  But I only have 1 (one) !!! CPU.
: > 
: > So, now Seti runs at 50% and Idle processes run at 50% which I suspect 
: > means that Seti is only running at half capacity.  If I maximize (show 
: > graphics) Seti goes to 99% cpu, but switches back to 50% when I close 
: > the window.
: > 
: > Anyone know what to do?
: > I tried to manually delete both processors from the device manager, 
: > but after a reboot they are both back.
: > 
: > Morten
: Change your preferences to use 2 CPU's and to share 100% resources. That 
: results in my Hyperthreaded 3.4GHZ running at 100%.

Yes, but I am running the Screensaver version which doesn't have a cpu 
setting.