New Inno3D ad causes excessive CPU utilization

stncttr908 · 03-06-06, 07:57 PM

These flash ads use ridiculous amounts of CPU power when visible.

Let's have a look with the ads displayed:

That's 79% CPU usage by Firefox.

How about with the flash ads hidden from view?

A mere 11%.

Now this isn't normally a big deal, but if I'm doing something CPU intensive and trying to browse the forums it causes a great deal of problems. I just wanted this to be brought to everyone's attention, since it's no doubt due to the poor optimization job done by the ad creator.

superklye · 03-06-06, 08:36 PM

Use Adblock?

CaptNKILL · 03-06-06, 09:22 PM

Yep I noticed it too. I had to adblock them because it was making pages crap out on me.

I dont know why some ads on some sites kill my system so bad... it doesnt make any sense.

**MUYA** · 03-06-06, 09:25 PM

Unless you want to pay for the site or suggest a better alternative the flash adverts must stay

stncttr908 · 03-06-06, 09:26 PM

Well that's the thing - I'd rather not block the adverts on such a fine site that I frequent so regularly.

Hopefully NVIDIA will release some new products so we can get different ads.

**saturnotaku** · 03-06-06, 09:28 PM

I can barely browse this site from work now (Mac OS 9 with IE 5.17

) because of those ads.

Clay · 03-06-06, 09:29 PM

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

OWA · 03-06-06, 09:43 PM

Only about 20% with IE.

SLippe · 03-06-06, 10:16 PM

You can also enable the Hosts file that comes with K-Lite v2.7 to block them.

stncttr908 · 03-07-06, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clay

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

I don't get it.

For the record, it's the same 80% in IE. It's definitely the flash player's fault.

OWA · 03-07-06, 12:42 AM

I'm not sure what flash version I have installed with IE but I haven't seen it go above 22%. It bounces between 16-22%. Actually, looking at the addons it's the activex flash8 control.

jAkUp · 03-07-06, 01:32 AM

I'm gettin 42% on my secondary p4 rig, with Firefox, and Flash 8.

03-06-06, 07:57 PM	#1
stncttr908 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 4,496	New Inno3D ad causes excessive CPU utilization These flash ads use ridiculous amounts of CPU power when visible. Let's have a look with the ads displayed: That's 79% CPU usage by Firefox. How about with the flash ads hidden from view? A mere 11%. Now this isn't normally a big deal, but if I'm doing something CPU intensive and trying to browse the forums it causes a great deal of problems. I just wanted this to be brought to everyone's attention, since it's no doubt due to the poor optimization job done by the ad creator. Attached Thumbnails __________________ 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 \|

03-06-06, 08:36 PM	#2
superklye Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MKE Posts: 13,629	Re: These flash ads must go Use Adblock?

03-06-06, 09:22 PM	#3
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: These flash ads must go Yep I noticed it too. I had to adblock them because it was making pages crap out on me. I dont know why some ads on some sites kill my system so bad... it doesnt make any sense. __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

03-06-06, 09:25 PM	#4
MUYA Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 6,774	Re: These flash ads must go Unless you want to pay for the site or suggest a better alternative the flash adverts must stay __________________ I5-2500k@4.7GHz - MSI Z77A-GD65 - 4GB X2 A-DATA DDR3 1600 - Corsair H100 - Antec Quatro 850W Gigabyte Windforce X3 GTX 680 OC - Dell 24" IPS Intel 320 300 GB SSD - 1 TB Hitachi HDD - 2x 250 GB WD HDD Corsair K90 - Corsair Venegance 2000 Headset - Razer Naga Epic Corsair 600T Case

03-06-06, 09:26 PM	#5
stncttr908 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 4,496	Re: These flash ads must go Well that's the thing - I'd rather not block the adverts on such a fine site that I frequent so regularly. Hopefully NVIDIA will release some new products so we can get different ads. __________________ 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 \|

03-06-06, 09:28 PM	#6
saturnotaku Apple user. Deal with it. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The 'burbs, IL USA Posts: 12,502	Re: These flash ads must go I can barely browse this site from work now (Mac OS 9 with IE 5.17 ) because of those ads.

03-06-06, 09:29 PM	#7
Clay Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,992	Re: These flash ads must go stncttr908, I'm just messing with you with this, couldn't resist __________________ SLI GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB @ 550/1700 \| MSI K8N Neo4/SLI \| A64 X2 4400+ Toledo \| CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) TwinX PC 3500 \| Silverstone ST65ZF 650W\| 93.71\| XP SP2 and a Dell 2405FPW I personally believe that us americans are unable to do so because osama. People out there in our nation don't have that, And I believe that our education like such as south africa and such as the Iraq. everywhere "such as". And I believe our education should help the US should help the south africa and the iraq and the asian countries so we can build up our future. -- Miss Teen South Carolina

03-06-06, 09:43 PM	#8
OWA ... Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,481	Re: These flash ads must go Only about 20% with IE.

03-06-06, 10:16 PM	#9
SLippe R.I.P. Babe Thread Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 12,387	Re: These flash ads must go You can also enable the Hosts file that comes with K-Lite v2.7 to block them.

03-07-06, 12:42 AM	#11
OWA ... Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,481	Re: These flash ads must go I'm not sure what flash version I have installed with IE but I haven't seen it go above 22%. It bounces between 16-22%. Actually, looking at the addons it's the activex flash8 control.

03-07-06, 01:32 AM	#12
jAkUp eat. sleep. overclock. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chino, California Posts: 17,744	Re: These flash ads must go I'm gettin 42% on my secondary p4 rig, with Firefox, and Flash 8. __________________ 965xe \|\| evga x58 classified \|\| 3x evga gtx 480 \|\| 6gb g.skill \|\| win7 x64

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