Wow and CPU usage

[MOUKIE007]

I have marathon warcraft sessions of over 12 hours and sometimes my video card will reset and shut down monitor occasionally. I notice that during this my CPU usage is at 100%. My video card is a 9800xt. I have a 3100 amd set at 2.2 ghz and use ECS motherboard with 1 gig memory, which usually at 50-60% usage during game. The card doesn't seem hot and is not overclocked.

Is it possible that wow is taking up too much CPU. Or is my used 9800xt the culprit (it had a capacitor replaced I was told). Again this takes almost a day of nonstop play to occour. Anyone have suggestions on wether it is possible the CPU could be a bottleneck or should i just get a new GPU?

 

[Sunner]

CPU usage at 100% is perfectly normal, and the way it should be.
You graphics card sounds like it might be over heating though, is your case cramped and/or full of dust?
Fan stopped working somewhere?
Etc, stuff like that.

 

[MOUKIE007]

Thanks I didn't know that. I haven't checked card on other monitor systems but the temp reading on ati's center says its fine. I guess its just time to up the card.. i will get a cheap 7600 and a pci motherboard. thanks

 

[oynaz]

You can get 7600 with AGP.

 

[MOUKIE007]

I decided to get a 1950pro and Epox EP-9NPA7I and a 144 opty

 

[RollWave]

12 hour sessions!?!!!!

 

[MOUKIE007]

Originally posted by: rnp614
12 hour sessions!?!!!!

12 hours easy. Sometimes 7 am till 9pm .. take a 1/2 hour break and back on till 2 am

 

[MOUKIE007]

BTW I havent seen any improvements from my new upgrades. Apparently the new expansion pack has some lag in the login screen. My new GPU makes everything look green.

 

[ayabe]

Originally posted by: MOUKIE007

Originally posted by: rnp614
12 hour sessions!?!!!!

12 hours easy. Sometimes 7 am till 9pm .. take a 1/2 hour break and back on till 2 am

Chinese gold farmer or just an addict?

 

[MOUKIE007]

addict. If I were getting 25 cents an hour, I would hate it. And none of my characters have any gold. About 200G max from 4 toons 60, 41, 29, 29 and only 1 regular mount

 

[neovan]

For the love of god, go out and get some sun!

 

[betasub]

Originally posted by: neovan
For the love of god, go out and get some sun!

... but don't forget to take your gamer laptop!

 

[zodder]

LOL ^^^

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: MOUKIE007

Originally posted by: rnp614
12 hour sessions!?!!!!

12 hours easy. Sometimes 7 am till 9pm .. take a 1/2 hour break and back on till 2 am

Don't you go to work?

 

[MOUKIE007]

Yeah, at work, I talk about wow lol

 

[MOUKIE007]

Originally posted by: neovan
For the love of god, go out and get some sun!

No sun in nyc. But I am considering doing carnival in Salvador da Bahia Brazil in a week or so. Just for a week though.

 

[AirForceElite]

my god, how do you play 12 hour per day and have almost no gold?
what are you, farming level 5 mobs?

 

[Smartazz]

12 hour sessions?! I thought playing Battlefield 2 for five hours was unheard of. I guess WOW is really that addicting, and I guess the gold mining thing is actually true lol.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: AirForceElite
my god, how do you play 12 hour per day and have almost no gold?
what are you, farming level 5 mobs?

He's probably raiding, you know, where you wind up loosing all your gold to repair fees ....

 

[ScottAD]

The only marathon gaming I have ever attempted was a result of an addiction to Diablo 2 LOD and that was going from normal to nightmare straight through. Never again. I was sore from it.

 

[MOUKIE007]

Originally posted by: AirForceElite
my god, how do you play 12 hour per day and have almost no gold?
what are you, farming level 5 mobs?

spending it all on throw away professions, tailoring, enchanting (a fortune), wasiting time going to ally land to find a death ravager. er not selling anything and disenchanting stuff.

lost a lot of money in my mailbos by not logging in for a while to certain toons for a while.