EQ2 useing a lot of CPU

[Dogaeno]

<p>I have an intel core i7 it has 8 cores but EQ2 runs the 8th core up  all the way im trying to figure out if thats normal or if i have a problem and should be fixing it it doesnt do that with EVE or aion</p>

[Dogaeno]

<p>it uses at lest 20% of the processor</p>

[wullailhuit]

<p><cite>Dogaeno wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I have an intel core i7 it has 8 cores but EQ2 runs the 8th core up  all the way im trying to figure out if thats normal or if i have a problem and should be fixing it it doesnt do that with EVE or aion</p></blockquote><p>EQ2 is very CPU heavy, they did add multicore support which doesn't really work so it does tend to stick on one of the cores  you will use at least 20% which is about what you're seeing now..</p>

[Dogaeno]

<p>so its normal then notting to worry about this is my first time playing EQ2 on multi core computer</p>

[VikodiN]

<p><span style="color: #00ffff;">Dual-Core PC here as my main PC ... Don't notice much difference between this one and my former PC (single core).</span></p>