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100% CPU Usage Problem
Often with my older computer running XP Home with a Duron 850 and 512M
of PC 133 RAM I slow down to a snail's pace. This is particularly true when I am playing my favorite radio station with Winamp 5.02. I can go to task manager and see it never leave 100% CPU usage. On my newer machine, which runs XP Pro with an Athlon XP 1900 and 768M of PC 2100 RAM, I almost never have this problem. Is it XP Home that's the bottleneck? Is it the Duron 850? How about the amount of RAM? I can get an Athlon (non-XP) 1.33 Ghz for $35 or 1.4 Ghz for $40 or a Duron 1.2 Ghz for $20 or a Duron 1.3 Ghz for $25 as used working pulls, which I'd assume to be fair prices from a local dealer. Hoping for a cheap fix... Thanks. |
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100% CPU Usage Problem
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 19:47:54 +0000, Peter wrote:
Often with my older computer running XP Home with a Duron 850 and 512M of PC 133 RAM I slow down to a snail's pace. This is particularly true when I am playing my favorite radio station with Winamp 5.02. I can go to task manager and see it never leave 100% CPU usage. On my newer machine, which runs XP Pro with an Athlon XP 1900 and 768M of PC 2100 RAM, I almost never have this problem. Is it XP Home that's the bottleneck? Is it the Duron 850? How about the amount of RAM? Sounds like a software/driver problem to me. I can get an Athlon (non-XP) 1.33 Ghz for $35 or 1.4 Ghz for $40 or a Duron 1.2 Ghz for $20 or a Duron 1.3 Ghz for $25 as used working pulls, which I'd assume to be fair prices from a local dealer. Hoping for a cheap fix... Fix the software. I don't think upgrading the cpu will help. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.html |
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