TS2 RC2 using CPU resources when inactive.....

[mtmra70]

Ok, here I go


While playing BF1942 I notice quite a bit "game lag" when team speak is running. My pings are fine, it is my FPS that are being hit. At first I thought it may have been a bandwidth issue, so I turned it all the way down to 17Kb(2.13KB) for both up and down.....this did not seem to work. So a friend thought it may have been compressing it too hard, so I set it back to unlimited...but then I turned down the 3step qualtiy meter to its lowest - this still didnt help. When closing out of TS2 when playing BF1942, everything is fine.

So, I decided to exit out of my game and close every program. I watched my CPU usage via coolmon for the next min....it consistantly jumped from 0-1%...the norm. Then I opened TS2 RC2...it now jumped the CPU from 6-19% the entire time....and this is not when in a server. I joined my friends server(1 other person logged into it) and I still was jumping the CPU from 6-19%.

I called up a buddy of mine that I play BF1942 with, had him try out his TS2 RC2 with coolmon....his CPU idled at 0-1%.....but he does have a 2.4Ghz compared to my 900mhz. I was going to reinstall last night, but the download section was down....so I'm posting here for now till I get home today.

My system specs:

Windows XP SP1 w/current hot fixes
AMD T-Bird 900
512MB PC133
Abit KT7-RAID mobo
Creative Live Drive w/Live 5.1 sound card w/latest Creative drivers
Visiontek GF4 Ti4600 128MB
DirextX 9.0
Cable 1.5/256
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Friends System specs:

Windows XP SP1 (no hot fixes since SP1)
Intel P4 2.4 Northwood
512 DDR 2700
MSI 845PE
Creative LIve Drive w/Live 5.1 sound card w/latest Creative drivers
ATI 8500DV
DirectX 9.0a
DSl 1.5/256
We both downloaded TS2 RC2 the same day. I know his PC may be running it better since he is twice as fast, but he is the only person I can really compare too right now.

Any ideas?

FYI - I did see the codec thread in the FAQ forum and may try that if no one else has any ideas.

[mtmra70]

mabye as a 'half-ass' solution, could I run TS1 or a "lite" version of TS? All I need it to do is transmit my voice and receive my voice....I do not need all the features of TS2.

[guldi]

are you using the HW Sound acceleration of BF1942 ?
Several threads do recommand to turn this off.

[mtmra70]

I am but I found that BF1942 plays better with it on.

This would not resolve the CPU spikes when the only program open is TS2.

[mtmra70]

Update:

reinstalled fresh TS2 RC2 download, still getting 6-19% CPU usage when sitting idle.

[mtmra70]

anyone??????????

[SatanClaus]

sorry, my TS takes absolutely 0 % of my cpu usage to sometimes 6 %. (Athlon 1,4 GHz, 256 mb ddr, asus via)

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SatanClaus

[hescominsoon]

Your issue is your 900 mhz cpu..need something faster if you want to reduce your cpu usage under ts2...

[johnson486]

i have the same damn problem and i have an very fast pc


Windows XP SP2
Intel P4 2.0 Northwood
1GB DDR 3200
Gigabyte 8lPE1000 Pro
AC'97 sound card w/latest drivers
Nvida 5200
DirectX 9.0C
DSl 1.5/256

[johnson486]

well it's taking any where from 15% to 25% of cpu useage when i'm talking an any where from 10%-15% when not useing it

[guldi]

AMD 1900XP, SB Audigy, 768 DDR2700, DirectX 9.0b, win2k:

TS client (32.60) using from 0 - 2 % CPU time when not talking and a max of about 8 - 9 % when talking (usually 4 - 5 % when talking). Indenpendant of selected Codec and WAVE / Direct Sound in TS.

- I suspect your onboard soundchip (driver update, test a seperate SoundCard,...)


@mtmra70
A 900 MHz CPU for BF1942 ? That must be a joke ? Can't really imagine this