CPU meter Spiking

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2013/05/23 11:01:55 (permalink)

CPU meter Spiking

I have been problem free for a long time, till today! My meter is showing 1 core spiking in the red and I can't figure it out?

I've gone thru and tried turning the plug ins off & on but this doesn't really help?

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    daveny5
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    Re:CPU meter Spiking 2013/05/23 11:23:50 (permalink)
    Did you check the Windows Task Manager to see what might be driving the CPU spike? 

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    Re:CPU meter Spiking 2013/05/23 11:46:54 (permalink)
    Yes and run the DPCLAT test and see what's going  on too. It might not be within Sonar. 

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    Re:CPU meter Spiking 2013/05/23 12:56:22 (permalink)
    Ran both. Very low latency. The issue is somewhere in the computer set up I think? As far as the task manager the only thing running was a system idle process.  Now what?

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    Re:CPU meter Spiking 2013/05/23 13:12:41 (permalink)
     one thing was tick the "use multicore processor" in the global settings ( now probably in a different place.)  

    This will take a computer wiz I think, there are things to do with getting Sonar to use all the cores equally that are beyond me. 

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    Re:CPU meter Spiking 2013/05/23 13:44:30 (permalink)
    might help http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=2410718
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    Re:CPU meter Spiking 2013/05/23 16:41:56 (permalink)
    scook,
    that did the trick my friend!!!!  It took me a minute to gather the stones to edit the registry...LOL Cactus this IS the multi-core trick!
    This thread should be shared to all with win 7!!! It's real easy peasy fix too. Now the program opens so fast it's awesome and I could drop my buffer down for near 0 latency.


    http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=2410718

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    Re:CPU meter Spiking 2013/05/23 17:47:08 (permalink)
    Glad to hear it. It made a big difference for me too. It took a little time to research originally, you know this must be a common problem.
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    Re:CPU meter Spiking 2013/05/23 19:51:41 (permalink)
    If this is something you want to apply, the following includes another way to do it  using powercfg.exe:

    http://bitsum.com/about_cpu_core_parking.php

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