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Jarl Sorensen
BluStone Industries
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Posted - 2008.02.25 02:12:00 -
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Hi all, I've been running EVE in the OS X client for a while and I've noticed that though EVE is SMP-enabled (if you run EVE in Windows, it'll gladly take up to 60-70% total system CPU resources on a dual-core processor), it seems that the Cider wrapper is not. OS X consistently shows Cider using only one core and not utilizing the other. Because the Cider wrapper engine is not SMP-enabled and uses only one of my processor's two cores, EVE is therefore restricted to running on only one core. In addition to that, the core that is running EVE via Cider is also saddled with the CPU overhead required to run EVE via Cider in OS X, sapping FPS and decreasing smoothness in the gameplay. Am I mistaken in my assessment regarding Cider using only using one core?
Since I am running a Core 2 Duo @ 2.33 Ghz on MacBook Pro w/ 2 GB RAM on OS X 10.4.11, it seems that letting a CPU go unused with EVE is a waste... especially if having another core to help run EVE (and handle Cider overhead) would allow for smoother gameplay. Is there any configuration to Cider that would "unlock" SMP-enablement?
Here are my system specs: Machine: MacBook Pro, 15" widescreen monitor Software: OS X 10.4.11, EVE Apple client Hardware: Core 2 Duo @ 2.33 Ghz w/ 2 GB RAM Video: ATI Radeon x1600 w/ 256 MB RAM
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Jarl Sorensen
BluStone Industries
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Posted - 2008.02.25 02:12:00 -
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Hi all, I've been running EVE in the OS X client for a while and I've noticed that though EVE is SMP-enabled (if you run EVE in Windows, it'll gladly take up to 60-70% total system CPU resources on a dual-core processor), it seems that the Cider wrapper is not. OS X consistently shows Cider using only one core and not utilizing the other. Because the Cider wrapper engine is not SMP-enabled and uses only one of my processor's two cores, EVE is therefore restricted to running on only one core. In addition to that, the core that is running EVE via Cider is also saddled with the CPU overhead required to run EVE via Cider in OS X, sapping FPS and decreasing smoothness in the gameplay. Am I mistaken in my assessment regarding Cider using only using one core?
Since I am running a Core 2 Duo @ 2.33 Ghz on MacBook Pro w/ 2 GB RAM on OS X 10.4.11, it seems that letting a CPU go unused with EVE is a waste... especially if having another core to help run EVE (and handle Cider overhead) would allow for smoother gameplay. Is there any configuration to Cider that would "unlock" SMP-enablement?
Here are my system specs: Machine: MacBook Pro, 15" widescreen monitor Software: OS X 10.4.11, EVE Apple client Hardware: Core 2 Duo @ 2.33 Ghz w/ 2 GB RAM Video: ATI Radeon x1600 w/ 256 MB RAM
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Baron Erique
Bhavana Singularity
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Posted - 2008.02.25 12:07:00 -
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From what I see, you are not mistaken. The Mac client maxes out one core while the other remains idle.
I didn't even realize the Windows client is multi-core capable. Another item for the "pay full price, get less than full features" list?
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Denuo Secus
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Posted - 2008.02.25 18:02:00 -
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Oh noes!! Really bad news for me :(
I considered to buy the smallest Mac Pro (Quad core, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT) instead of an 24'' iMac - especially (ok, not only) for playing Eve!
Is a fix in sight?? Would be pity to have 4 cores and Eve runs only at one!
Greetings, Secus
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Jarl Sorensen
BluStone Industries
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Posted - 2008.02.25 18:40:00 -
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Edited by: Jarl Sorensen on 25/02/2008 18:40:09 After doing a little more forum searching, there seems to be some debate whether EVE is capable of utilizing multiple cores. I know for a fact that when I run Windows XP, the actual EVE process uses about 120-140% total system CPU (100% of one core, 20-40% of another core). A few people have wondered if the 120-140% CPU usage was due to background services or other programsą but I can attest that the EVE process actually used 120-140% CPU itself, separate from CPU utilized by other processes (services and applications). However, whether this is in fact the result of EVE meaningfully using the second core or a bug with the Task Manager remains to be seen.
I think whether EVE is capable of utilizing multiple cores or not will be something of a mystery, subject to educated guesses, until we receive word from EVE that puts this issue to rest. I have read some about ōasynchronous resource loadingö and the possibility of that being an instance where that would make the EVE client more capable of utilizing multiple cores. However, in absence of any proof indicating otherwise, I am going to work from the assumption that EVE is capable of using multiple coresą and if that is the case, then I would see CiderĘs usage of only one core to be a performance bottleneck for the OS X client of EVE.
For anyone who would know, are there any plans to make Cider capable of utilizing multiple cores?
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William Darkk
Gallente Garoun Investment Bank
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Posted - 2008.02.28 00:08:00 -
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For me, I see EVE consistently using 104.7% CPU. I'm not sure what exactly accounts for the 4.7%. -------------------------------------------------- <3 my Drones |
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