[budd1e_lee]

recently while playing condition zero, not even on the highest setting my CPU usage hovers at like 90% and often sits at 100% for extended periods...

now I have a P4 2.0, just installed geforce fx 5700le 256mb, 512 mb ram

I have no idea how to fix this, I have nothing else running and have ended all of the processes that I believe I can turn off... what else can I possibly try?!?!

I also used to run a geforce 2 64mb and never saw these problems, maybe its a video card thing?

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Make sure your indexing service is disabled...

[macten]

Make sure your indexing service is disabled...

[budd1e_lee]

I actually just turned it off last night just before I went to bed, haven't played around with it much yet, I will report back as to if this has helped, thanks

[macten]

I saw the 90%/100%....but something you might want to check on: If a P4 overheats it will slow down. Its a built in safety feature. I would sweep the machine for virus's, spyware and trojans. And probably run Hijack this.

[budd1e_lee]

I actually just finished cleaning it all off, no luck, Im bout to throw this thing out the window

[macten]

You might want to check the BIOS and make sure that the Cache is enabled.....

Check your virtual memory: control panel>system>advanced>performance. I for get the ideal range but you can make the virtual memory 3 times as big as the amount of RAM. Set min and max to the same value.