Windows 8 + PA / High "system" CPU

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  1. kodokai

    kodokai Member

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    So after playing a game of PA with other players i had my task manager open on my second screen & saw "System" spiking up to 60% CPUage, 95% disk. Right clicking on system it seems to be connected to something called "ntoskrnl.exe" unfortuately i can't knock it down to low priority.

    Anyone have a clue why this happens only on PA?
  2. SXX

    SXX Post Master General

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    No idea why it's happens, but I doubt it's problem with PA, e.g some people reporting the same:
    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/For ... 5103f91652

    It's can't be PA-related because game actually don't need to use disk at all. Might be because of that (when you playing game your HDD isn't active at all) Windows start maintenance tasks. Just guess.
  3. kodokai

    kodokai Member

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    Doubtful it only happens when playing PA multiplayer
  4. ephoscus

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    That exe controls memory managment, if you're low on memory it could be starting to page to the harddrive which would slow the game down a lot.
  5. kodokai

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    It only happens when I'm connected to other players, if i solo play it's fine but soon as i get one player in the whole thing spikes along with "CoherentUI_Host.exe"

    It's weird as hell my memory doesn't max out.
  6. lilbthebasedlord

    lilbthebasedlord Active Member

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