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Offline Mako

CPU Usage - GOG.com version
« on: March 13, 2013, 07:48:08 am »
Hi there,

under my quad-core, 64bit Windows 8 machine, the GOG version of SMAC/X is always using one of the cores at 100%. As such, the fans are always working at 100%, so the battery life is greatly reduced.

Launching it within a 32bit Windows 8 machine also made one of the host machine's CPU core and fan to work at 100%.

Strangely, however, launching SMAC under Linux, via Wine/PlayOnLinux, I'm not getting the same issue.

I recall from the Apolyton / Civfanatics formus, ages ago, that some sort of solution existed, but I can't find it now. If I knew, I would certainly add it to the installation wiki page.
« Last Edit: March 13, 2013, 09:39:11 am by sisko »
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Offline Petek

Re: CPU Usage - GOG.com version
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2013, 11:01:33 am »
As far as I can recall, when this issue came up in the past, the suggested solution was to install a CPU throttler. However, a brief search didn't show whether or not this helped. Does Windows 8 have a Power Settings option (in Control Panel?). If so, there might be a way to reduce CPU use (with a performance trade-off).

Offline DrazharLn

Re: CPU Usage - GOG.com version
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2019, 03:42:27 am »
This patch/loader fixes the excess CPU usage: https://github.com/vinceho/smac-cpu-fix

Issue 1 on the repo has an explanation of how it works.

 

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