abnormal CPU usage in CS 1.6

[bonehelm]

Hi guys,

ive been getting very low FPS in cs 1.6 because of the high CPU usage (around 25% when game's running)...When i exit the game it turns back to 0-2%. I have ran spyware and virus checks and nothing helped. I also tried setting fps_max 100 in console and it's still low as ****. The hl.exe process in windows task manager shows that it is taking up around 10-15% of total CPU usage and system idle process is using up 98%

I know I don't have a top of the line PC, but you don't need one to play CS 1.6. I have a 1.8GHZ processor, 512MB ram and a radeon 9xxx. It's been running great a month ago and its getting worse this month, especially after the recent steam updates that causes hardware input lag.

Thanks for any help, thanks

 

[spikoman69]

ummm, that seems normal, i have a 1.8ghz P4, 768mb ram, FX5200 pci and i run at like 50 FPS on openGl and like 40 on D3D (wierd eh?) and i just checked and idle im at 0-1% cpu, and when playing im at %20 +/- 2 and system idle process always goes to like 98% also for me, but it doesnt affect my performence.

 

[bonehelm]

no it isn't, im getting low framerates..