Oshyan, I apologize for not being clearer in my previous post. The benchmark results I was getting with v1.9.04.1 were comparable to similar systems in the list. The results with the new version are not.
I have a Dell XPS 410. Here is my system info:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
2 cores @ 2400Mhz
2GB DDR2-667
(I could not find any motherboard chipset info in my computer paperwork)
Windows XP Pro SP2
Anti-virus type software (should be all the latest and greatest updates for all):
PC-cillin v14.60.1195
Spybot - Search & Destroy v1.5.2.0
- System settings protector 1.5.2.16
Windows Defender v1.1.1593.0
The task manager shows both cores being maxed. TG is definitely getting better than 95-98% of the total CPU time on both cores. When TG is "idle" (after preview rendering has completed) both CPUs are still showing +/-50% utilization. When TG is not running task manager only shows the occasional blip on CPU usage. This is the same behavior I saw with TG v1.9.04.1 even though TG was only using one core. Do other users see this activity pattern with the the new version? Is there something odd about my system that causes TG to behave this way?
(See my comments in the Support forum thread here:
http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=3884.0)
nikita, calico,
Thanks for the input. I have tested with the Minimum threads on the More Settings tab of the Full Render screen set to 0, 1, and 2 as Oshyan asked me to try. I have also tried rendering with all default settings with similar results. TG does report detecting two cores at startup.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. It appears I am to be the problem child.