CPU usage through the roof!

Game freezes and I have to restart. I want to play CoX.

I played it before and never had any problems. OK, that was a while ago, but now...shouldn't be happening. What can I do to help solve this problem?

Or is there a thread that I can add my observations to?

Thanks.

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Liberty - Fae de Rad, Rad/Rad defender

Need more info. Are you running an AMD/ATI card? If so, try reverting your drivers to 11.4. CPU usage alone isn't much help in diagnosing a problem, as sometimes the game will lean on the CPU pretty hard.

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[Guide] Asking for technical help on the forums.

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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.

Black Pebble is my new hero.

My apologies

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at September 23, 2011 15:25 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.110617-0336)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: P55-USB3
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.9GHz
Memory: 8186MB
.Net Memory Report: 3183MB out of 8186MB available
Page File: 10977MB (5563MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0) 681315MB out of 953866MB (71%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0) 432771MB out of 953866MB (45%) free
E Drive: (ASUS DRW-24B1ST) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 7.00.6002.18107 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: LG W2442(Digital)
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x6718)
Video Memory: 1772 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1086
Driver Date: 8/4/2011 11:04:28 AM
Driver Language: English

Monitor: ACR X223W
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x6718)
Video Memory: 1772 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1086
Driver Date: 8/4/2011 11:04:28 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (3- Creative SB X-Fi)
Driver File: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1360
Driver Date: 5/13/2008 5:09:24 PM

Sound Device Description: SPDIF Out (3- Creative SB X-Fi)
Driver File: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1360
Driver Date: 5/13/2008 5:09:24 PM

Sound Device Description: Speakers (3- Sennheiser USB Headset)
Driver File: USBAUDIO.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.6001.18000
Driver Date: 1/20/2008 10:46:12 PM

WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P55-USB3
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20091224000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 16800x10140
3D Resolution: 16800x10140 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No

Physics Quality: Unknown (31)
Maximum Particles: 273710
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No

Anti-aliasing: Unknown (2147483647)
Anisotropic Filtering: Unknown (2147483647)
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Unknown (2147483647)
Bloom: Unknown (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Unknown (30)

World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Unknown (2147483647)
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.834
Entity Detail Level: Unknown
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Unknown (2147483647)
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (2147483647)
Environmental Reflections: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Balanced
Occlusion Strength: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Blur: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Ambient Resolution: Unknonwn (2147483647)

Gamma Correction: Unknown
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: Unknown
Music Sound Volume: Unknown

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: Unknown
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 927034 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1850.201007290124.21T2
Installation Directory: D:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

I am one video driver away from being up to date but rolled back due to some issues with the new one.

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Liberty - Fae de Rad, Rad/Rad defender

Try downgrading your video drivers to the 11.4 versions. If that doesn't fix it then try the 11.3 version. The newer ATI drivers are ******** all over the game.

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