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Q: Mac goes over 100 percent cpu usage

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As seen in the picture, the game called 'runescape' which i was playing reached 171 percent cpu usage on my computer. My computer never crashed from playing this game but crashes alot while playing Dota 2, once when I crashed from dota 2, the computer lagged showing my activity monitor which showed that dota had 100.1 percent cpu usage. Is this a problem of the game or the computer? Multiple friends of mine have played this game and never once crashed on it.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Nov 23, 2014 1:04 AM

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  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex Nov 23, 2014 1:47 AM in response to deathtoll1
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    Nov 23, 2014 1:47 AM in response to deathtoll1

    It is a problem with games in general: they use a lot of CPU power (and heat the CPU up correspondingly). Over 100% is not very spectacular, because modern CPUs have 2, 4 or 8 cores, and each has a maximum of 100%. If you have a 4 cores cpu the run escape is taking almost 45% which is a lot.

  • by macfrombrampton,

    macfrombrampton macfrombrampton Mar 30, 2015 5:17 PM in response to deathtoll1
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    Mar 30, 2015 5:17 PM in response to deathtoll1

    this has nothing to do with the Games. I have this issue as well and I get more than 100 % with several other applications.

     

    This could be a hidden process which is not registering properly with the operating system