Name: SuperCOPower !8BfCx4sKY2 2005-11-19 1:09
Okay, so I'm running a pretty decent computer. Radeon x700 (I know, bad card, bad company, etc.), AMD Athlon 64, 1GB ram, and big fat dual HDDs that doesn't really add into this question.
Why is it that, on top of all these very capable specs, I just finished a very choppy, very laggy game of BF2. I figured it was the server until I checked my ping, a nice solid 30 +/- about 5 here and there. I wondered why it was so jumbled, and lo and behold, this is my system's standard idling load. I wouldn't think a computer would use 35%+ of it's CPU in an *idle* state, however. :\
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/bigopinion/taskmgr.gif
Red highlights are programs I know I should close before I start anything intensive like video editing and/or gaming, yellow highlights are what I have questions on.
1) Why am I running *7* svchost.exe's? (Missed one highlighting.) Can I close any of them; they're pretty bulky!
2) services.exe and winlogon.exe - what's the former, and why is the latter running so heavily?
There are a few other questions, but this is all I'll cover here.
Why is it that, on top of all these very capable specs, I just finished a very choppy, very laggy game of BF2. I figured it was the server until I checked my ping, a nice solid 30 +/- about 5 here and there. I wondered why it was so jumbled, and lo and behold, this is my system's standard idling load. I wouldn't think a computer would use 35%+ of it's CPU in an *idle* state, however. :\
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/bigopinion/taskmgr.gif
Red highlights are programs I know I should close before I start anything intensive like video editing and/or gaming, yellow highlights are what I have questions on.
1) Why am I running *7* svchost.exe's? (Missed one highlighting.) Can I close any of them; they're pretty bulky!
2) services.exe and winlogon.exe - what's the former, and why is the latter running so heavily?
There are a few other questions, but this is all I'll cover here.