New Inno3D ad causes excessive CPU utilization - Page 2

Son Goku · 03-07-06, 03:24 AM

I hate flash ads period. They're more annoying then popups ever were. At least many of em popups didn't have all that fricken flash animation and what not...

I just use ad block plugin in Mozilla. Forget browsing many a site without it anymore...

Of course with all this CPU usage given flash ads, there is another side to consider. Anyone on the site who folds for team nVnews

If the thing is set to fold all the time (even when the comp is in use), the more CPU time taken to process these flash ads, is the less CPU time that's given to folding@home, to help rack up the credits

superklye · 03-07-06, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Clay

stncttr908, I'm just messing with you with this, couldn't resist

Oh Jesus, Clay. I’m at work and I just saw this. Water came out of my nose. I sent the image around to my team and we’ve had to stop working for the last few minutes because no one can stop laughing.

**MikeC** · 03-08-06, 04:39 AM

I notified Inno3D about the excessive CPU usage. In the meantime, I changed the flash quality to medium, which uses about 50% less of the CPU.

rflair · 03-08-06, 06:57 AM

I noticed this yesterday, if i'm watching a video (I tried some h.264 and some divx files) and you open IE and come here to nvnews.net the combination of the flash ad which uses about 20% cpu on its own and WMP9 which uses about 15-25% cpu on its own would equal 35-45% cpu usage, but it goes to 60-80% cpu usage and the WMP9 video studders.

I had to go to adobe's page and download a flash remover, no more ads, 0% cpu usage on web pages.

To me its rediculous how much cpu power a couple small ads use.

**saturnotaku** · 03-08-06, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by rflair

To me its rediculous how much cpu power a couple small ads use.

I wonder if the blame lies with Macromedia because Flash sucks, or the companies creating the ads who can't properly optimize them.

superklye · 03-08-06, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by saturnotaku

I wonder if the blame lies with Macromedia because Flash sucks, or the companies creating the ads who can't properly optimize them.

Flash rules! I blame companies that can't optimize.

**MikeC** · 03-09-06, 05:08 AM

The banner has been replaced. The excessive CPU usage was the result of a flash (action script) error.

Superfly · 03-09-06, 05:22 AM

nice one Mike - thanks for sorting that out.

stncttr908 · 03-29-06, 06:08 PM

Hey, I forgot about this thread.

Thanks for seeing to it, I love this place.

j0j081 · 03-30-06, 04:49 AM

Hmm I noticed that last week but thought it was the browser I was using having trouble, good fix.

03-07-06, 03:24 AM	#13
Son Goku Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: 439 East District, Mount Paozu Posts: 1,714	Re: These flash ads must go I hate flash ads period. They're more annoying then popups ever were. At least many of em popups didn't have all that fricken flash animation and what not... I just use ad block plugin in Mozilla. Forget browsing many a site without it anymore... Of course with all this CPU usage given flash ads, there is another side to consider. Anyone on the site who folds for team nVnews If the thing is set to fold all the time (even when the comp is in use), the more CPU time taken to process these flash ads, is the less CPU time that's given to folding@home, to help rack up the credits

03-08-06, 04:39 AM	#15
MikeC Administrator Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,831	Re: New Inno3D ad causes excessive CPU utilization I notified Inno3D about the excessive CPU usage. In the meantime, I changed the flash quality to medium, which uses about 50% less of the CPU.

03-08-06, 06:57 AM	#16
rflair W OOO OOO Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: T.O. Canada Posts: 714	Re: New Inno3D ad causes excessive CPU utilization I noticed this yesterday, if i'm watching a video (I tried some h.264 and some divx files) and you open IE and come here to nvnews.net the combination of the flash ad which uses about 20% cpu on its own and WMP9 which uses about 15-25% cpu on its own would equal 35-45% cpu usage, but it goes to 60-80% cpu usage and the WMP9 video studders. I had to go to adobe's page and download a flash remover, no more ads, 0% cpu usage on web pages. To me its rediculous how much cpu power a couple small ads use. __________________ Vista x64 Intel Q6600 (3.6GHz 1.45v) ATI 4890 Sharp Aquos 42" 1080p ASUS P5K-E 8.0G OCZ RAM Rig is ON 24/7

03-09-06, 05:08 AM	#19
MikeC Administrator Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,831	Re: New Inno3D ad causes excessive CPU utilization The banner has been replaced. The excessive CPU usage was the result of a flash (action script) error.

03-09-06, 05:22 AM	#20
Superfly Retired Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: gone Posts: 3,907	Re: New Inno3D ad causes excessive CPU utilization nice one Mike - thanks for sorting that out. __________________ It is not how bad the problem is, but how badly it's hurting the person who has it......

03-29-06, 06:08 PM	#21
stncttr908 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 4,496	Re: New Inno3D ad causes excessive CPU utilization Hey, I forgot about this thread. Thanks for seeing to it, I love this place. __________________ PC - \| Core i7-2600K @ stock \| Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 \| 4GB Patriot Sector 5 DDR3 \| Galaxy GTX 460 1GB @ stock \| Corsair Force 120GB SSD \| Seagate 1TB 7200RPM \| 320GB Seagate 7200.10 \| 2x Seagate 500GB USB 2.0 \| Lite-On 20x SATA DVD+RW \| Silverstone TJ-09 \| Corsair 620W PSU \| Logitech Z-5500s \| Sennheiser HD-570 headphones \| Samsung 2494LW \| Laptop - \| Dell Inspiron 1420 \| C2D T7300 (2.0GHz, 4MB cache) \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| 160GB 7200RPM HDD \| DVD +/- RW \| 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) \| Broadcom 802.11g \| NVIDIA 8400M GS 128MB \|

03-30-06, 04:49 AM	#22
j0j081 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,789	Re: New Inno3D ad causes excessive CPU utilization Hmm I noticed that last week but thought it was the browser I was using having trouble, good fix.

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