Maybe it's just me & I need to be edumacated on CPU usage but...
I have a game server (Neverwinter nights) that I try to run on my computer, and actually - it runs great! With 5 people on it, it takes up about 0-5% CPU (according to the WinXP processes window). My man supervises/plays on the server from his own computer & experiences no lag or performance probs.
Usually, I can have other things running while the server is in the background - & the gamers won't even feel it. But when I run this one particular game (The Sims) which uses no more than 2% CPU, the server suddenly decides it needs to hog up ALL (89-99%) of the CPU and even though the server doesn't lockup, the players see major lag/performance probs & get booted fast.
Why doesn't the server maintain its 0-5% CPU usage? What's odd is that it doesn't do this with other games/programs I have running on the computer, just The Sims.
Can anyone explain why this is (CPU usage), and if there's a way to fix it?
I have tried setting the server priority to "above normal" or higher, with The Sims at "below normal", but it didn't change anything. I have set up my computer to dedicate more CPU & memory to the system cache to act as a server but that didn't help either.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
I have a game server (Neverwinter nights) that I try to run on my computer, and actually - it runs great! With 5 people on it, it takes up about 0-5% CPU (according to the WinXP processes window). My man supervises/plays on the server from his own computer & experiences no lag or performance probs.
Usually, I can have other things running while the server is in the background - & the gamers won't even feel it. But when I run this one particular game (The Sims) which uses no more than 2% CPU, the server suddenly decides it needs to hog up ALL (89-99%) of the CPU and even though the server doesn't lockup, the players see major lag/performance probs & get booted fast.
Why doesn't the server maintain its 0-5% CPU usage? What's odd is that it doesn't do this with other games/programs I have running on the computer, just The Sims.
Can anyone explain why this is (CPU usage), and if there's a way to fix it?
I have tried setting the server priority to "above normal" or higher, with The Sims at "below normal", but it didn't change anything. I have set up my computer to dedicate more CPU & memory to the system cache to act as a server but that didn't help either.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?