high cpu usage and low ram usage in dvdreb-pro

[ironleg1963]

Hello,
I thought I would ask a question about dvdreb pro and my computer. I have a MSI nforce 2 motherboard, Socket A with A 1800+(1.53 listed), a radion 9800 pro 128 megs, 1.2 gigs of ddr ram, latest bios update to the motherboard, all of windows updates on windows xp pro. I have a 120 gig wd hard drive with a hard drive cooler attached, in one of my 5.25 bays I have a twin fan cooler to pull heat out, a 400 watt power supply with 3 fans on it, and Two more case fans to blow air into the case towards the heatsink and cpu fan and chipset.

O.K, my problem is that when I use dvd-reb pro (latest version), My cpu usage is at 100% and my ram is at 300-400 mb. I am using the latest anydvd, and cce basic 2.7. something .

Is there anything I can do to lower the CPU usage and utilize the ram better? or how exactly does that work.

I also have a HP laptop with 512 megs ram and it is 3.2 ghz.
with 80 gig hard drive and 64 megs of video ram. would this be better to use to run dvdreb pro.

I looked into the rbserver farm thing and didnt know really how to utilize it( newbie) from the dvdreb page downloads.

so this is my question(s).

any suggestions?
(besides putting all computer stuff back in the box due to the id10t user error)

thanks!
ironleg1963

[jdobbs]

The faster the processor, the better.... but you will probably be surprised that is will likely use 100% of the CPU time and most of the RAM on the notebook also. CCE is designed to take advantage of as much memory and Processor time as possible.

The 100% processor shouldn't really be a problem. Putting all of your processor's time to use is a good thing. But sometimes you may want to use some of it for something other than CCE. What you can do to accomplish that is, in DVD-RB Pro, set "Encoder Priority" under the SETTINGS menu to "IDLE (Low) Priority". That way any other process running will have a higher priority for the available processor time. Be warned, though, that if you're running another task while that is set, CCE will only get the "scraps" and can take a lot longer to complete.

[ironleg1963]

thanks! I will give it a try.

I have another question as well(newbie), I like to play online games and also encode dvds so my kids dont ruin them. what would you recommend as an upgrade to. opteron,socket 940,939,AM2. also something on a budget.

thanks! ironleg1963

[jdobbs]

Opinions on that one are all over the place. The Intel crowd will steer you toward the a dual core Pentium and the AMD folks will swear by the X2s.

My own feeling (for what its worth) is that you can get a lot of bang for your buck with the Athlon X2s, especially if you're into overclocking. But I haven't been keeping up with the latest Intel dual cores... which are getting good reviews.

There are people here on Doom9 who can give you better information than me on this one, though.

Any of you CPU horsepower experts out there?

[candsh]

I just built an AMD X2 system (4200+, Socket AM2) and have been very pleasantly surprised. Runs very cool , around 34 - 40 C and only uses about 75% of the cpu when using CCE Basic and get unbelievable encoding times, low 62 min to high 89 min complete RB usage for movie and menus only. Always use High Quality RAM, I use Corsair which is the highest rated available and use 1 gig. any more is just overkill unless you are a gamer. I really think the key is the dual core processor though, either AMD or Intel. I just happen to be partial to AMD cpus and Gigabyte motherboards and can't tell you how pleased I am with this current system. I could have spent a lot more to only get about a 5% gain in speed with the 4600, 4800 and 5000 cpus. Was actually looking for a 3800 when I found this one at a bargain on Newegg.com.

[RaistlinMajere]

Intel or AMD if you shop around for deals either make an awesome choice


I bought an AMD 3800 2x dual core cpu 10 months ago for £200 (they are a lot cheaper now for this model). It was rated for 2ghz but I was surprised to get it to boot up at 2.5ghz. I stressed the cores with 3 different prime tests on each core for a couple of days when i was away and one of the cores had 1 error in all that time. I set it to 2.3 ghz and its been running stable as a rock since january.

Even at stock speeds the cpu's are awesome, i will never go back to single core cpu's. I just hope the quad core cpu's when they come out are as big a jump again

[techmule]

Look here (http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2736), although it uses more power but is quite economical and with the exact configuration and OC its a sure winner.