CPU usage is 100% while in User Interface

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:36 pm

CPU usage is 100% while in User Interface, but while a SNES game is being played it is usually under 5% in a 1800MHz CPU.

illegal eagle · Post by **illegal eagle** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:23 pm

This is a known problem.

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:34 pm

Thanx for reply.
And sorry

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:09 am

illegal eagle wrote:This is a known problem.

Is this really a problem ?

Post by **Nach** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:11 am

grinvader wrote:
illegal eagle wrote:This is a known problem.
Is this really a problem ?

Of course it is, I have a great need to have ZSNES running in the background inside the GUI. When I do that, I can't rip DVDs or burn CDs anymore

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:19 am

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:41 am

Hey grinvader, where in the Good Lord's name did you get that 3-d Mr. Green emoticon

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:01 am

For the 4th time, I got it when we went to the other forum where this retard posted a pic with his credit card # and expiration date.
I also took <retard smiley> and <double fucktard smiley> from these forums.
I used hq4x on the latter to make <huge double fucktard smiley>.

Edit: smileys removed to preserve TC's mental sanity.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:43 am

grinvader wrote:For the 4th time, I got it when we went to the other forum where this retard posted a pic with his credit card # and expiration date.
I also took <retard smiley> and <double fucktard smiley> from these forums.
I used hq4x on the latter to make <huge double fucktard smiley>.

Edit: removed smileys to preserve TC's mental sanity.

Wow, that guy sure is stupid.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:04 am

grinvader wrote:For the 4th time, I got it when we went to the other forum where this retard posted a pic with his credit card # and expiration date.
I also took <image> and <image> from these forums.
I used hq4x on the latter to make <image>.

Oh, ok, Sorry grinvader.
PS: Pics were taken out of the quote, to conserve grin's bandwidth.

illegal eagle · Post by **illegal eagle** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:22 am

Browsers have a cache.

Anyway, yeah it's not a problem, more an annoyance.

ThunderClaw · Post by **ThunderClaw** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:38 am

MOST IRRITATING EMOTICONS EVER

Nightcrawler · Post by **Nightcrawler** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:23 pm

Does anyone know why this problem happens?

I would have to guess being that the GUI is in assembly, there is a GUI loop that constantly runs sucking up all the CPU resources.

Using a windows based GUI or something to that effect relinquishes processor control to teh OS when it doesn't need it.

I would think that might be a bit hard to fix in ZSNES without a new GUI. I'm not sure how you would go about doing that in assembly.

The GUI drawing code could be run off a timer or some other event based item and only updated x number of times per second.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:41 pm

I should imagine using 100% of the CPU is not ideal for the battery life of a laptop.

Edit: although this only happens in the GUI, so may not matter too much. Some emulators such as Gens take up 100% during gameplay as well, so I suppose it's not so much of a big deal.

Post by **Nach** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:46 pm

Or you could just use a more recent version which no longer guzzles CPU in the GUI.

ipher · Post by **ipher** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:12 pm

And which version would that be Nach? it sure isn't the latest WIP.

Post by **Nach** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:37 pm

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:27 pm

1- took a screenshot of Nightcrawler's quadruple-posting
2- deleted the extra posts

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:30 pm

Gee, let's all be assholes about it because it isn't a problem for most people.

Nightcrawler · Post by **Nightcrawler** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:38 pm

grinvader wrote:1- took a screenshot of Nightcrawler's quadruple-posting
2- deleted the extra posts

I was having major connection issues this morning. I clicked 'submit' and it died and timed out each time. Apparently the board got my data though, i just never got anything back from it.. Sorry.

Post by **Nach** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:53 pm

Happening to me too lately.

Had 7 posts a week or two back.

Post by **Agozer** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:21 pm

Nightcrawler wrote:
grinvader wrote:1- took a screenshot of Nightcrawler's quadruple-posting
2- deleted the extra posts

I was having major connection issues this morning. I clicked 'submit' and it died and timed out each time.

Same here.

Bent · Post by **Bent** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:30 pm

Last night the board was weird for me, similar problem Nightcrawler described. It was only this site though, no other ones were giving me problems.

EDIT: Still doing it today too...

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:36 pm

I experience this problem too.