Console output taking a lot of CPU cycles?!? [images: 190 KB]

[Starfish]

I've just noticed that the process called "crss.exe" on my Windows 2000 machine will take up about 20-25% of my CPU cycles during "Tight Spot - Trying Alternate Conformation #number " calculations...and only then, not at any other moment that the client is running.

Crss.exe is the process that controls the console output:

"Client Server Runtime Subsystem, provides text window support, shutdown, and hard-error handling to the Windows NT environment subsystems."

OK:

- Am I the only one who experiences this?
- 20% for displaying something.. isn't that a bit high? Perhaps just showing the message "Trying Alternate Confirmation" without the rapid counter next to it.. might just move those 20% back to the actual computation?

Thinking out loud

I'll add two screenshots:

[Starfish]

Second screenshot:

[Gras]

Same here; the csrss process uses much more cpu time than the foldtrajlite does... (4 times more)

I turned "Quiet Mode" on, this should help

[[DPC]Mobster]

This has always been the case. I think that during Phase I the load was even worse. Always use the -qt (quiet true) parameter. Improves your outpur a lot (don't forget the -rt for using extra RAM).

[Starfish]

I can't recall that it was taking CPU cycles in the order of 20-25%..

But now you're making me doubt again

As far as I know it was always < 10% .. but I could be wrong

[pfb]

I found this with the beta versions- the only way around it is to either run quiet or swtich to a non-MS OS

(my usage was anywhere from 10 to 25% : )

iirc - it's all down to MS's way of allowing command window output - as it has to emulate that takes CPU power...

[Digital Parasite]

You can also run the DF client as a service to get around this issue.

Jeff.

[Brian the Fist]

Ill reduce the update frequency of that message for the next release

[unclehobart]

-qt mode worked like a charm. Muchas gracias!

*scampers off to put three other win2k machines on quiet mode*

[Starfish]

Originally posted by Brian the Fist
Ill reduce the update frequency of that message for the next release

Thank you!

Hopefully that will make life a bit easier for that MS service