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A lot of ram "free" but still huge performance deficit - super laggy!!
I'm running a quad core Q6600 processor with 8GB of ram, on Windows 7 x64.
So I realized that when I'm running certain applications, such as StarCraft II for example, my FPS would dwell below 8FPS and can drop to 0 FPS at times for about 5 seconds. I played around with the in-game graphics settings and it did not worsen / better the FPS.
I ran a Windows Experience Index and got a subscore of 2.7 on processing & memory (RAM), everything else is fine. Graphics is at a 6.1 ...
I ran SC2 in windowed mode and opened the resource monitor and noticed that my CPU usage was at in the high zone, but only a little over 2GB of ram was actually in use. 1GB was in standby and the other 4GB was FREE!
I've closed all background applications, unchecked many things in the msconfig boot services, set windows desktop for best performance. My room has the AC on so it is fairly cool in here. Antivirus was set to gaming/silent mode. I've applied some new thermal paste on the CPU & GPU about 2 months ago.
Why then is my CPU always so high ? Causing major lag & FPS deficits.
Please help!!! Thanks in advance. I will attach some pictures.
specs:
Q6600 intel Quadcore Processor @ 2.40 Ghz
GeForce 9500 GT gfx card
8GB of ram installed
Windows 7 x64 Home Edition
MSI P6N Sli Platnium Mobo
The resource monitor screen shots listed below were taken while SC2 was running.