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Re: Nova Computer Speed
Les -
Nova should be running at <10% with your setup. It's hard to diagnose
problems like this from a distance, but I suggest that you kill the View
and create another one. Consider adding one satellite at a time as you
monitor the Windows Task Manager... perhaps one of the satellite's
Keplerian elements are corrupted, sending Nova into some sort of loop.
MRO
sco@sco-inc.com wrote:
> I just installed a new ATI Radeon X700 Pro with 256 mb of memory and a
> 425 Mhz clock.
> NO CHANGE at all.
> With Nova 2.2b NOT running the CPU is about 2 percent load. When I
> start Nova the load on the cpu goes upto 95 - 99 percent and nova
> barely moves.
>
> Oh I also upgraded my base memory on the computer from 512 mb to 768
> mb of RAM.
>
> The only thing left that could cause the problem is the AMD Athelon
> 2400+ cpu and the motherboard from MicroCenter.
> UNLESS there is a problem in the copy of Nova that I downloaded
> yesterday??? And I did change the refresh rate to 300 msec in Nova.
> i am only tracking 5 sats in one view.
>
> Les
>
> At 03:03 PM 4/24/2005, you wrote:
>
>> Mine is a 330MHz Radeon - very nice card.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Emily
>>
>>
>>
>> At 02:13 PM 4/24/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>> I don't have room for anything other than a AGP video card.
>>> MicroCenter has a ATI Radeon X700 Pro with 256mb of GDDR3 memory and
>>> a clock speed of 430 mhz effective speed of 860 Mhz (core speed is
>>> 425 Mhz).
>>>
>>> At 01:31 PM 4/24/2005, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> If that's the case I don't think it's the chipset, it's probably
>>>> the video card. I have a very fast video card (not the AGP number,
>>>> the actual MHz speed of the graphics processor on the board.)
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>>
>>>> Emily
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 12:41 PM 4/24/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Set as 150 msec here and only 5 satellites in the one view.
>>>>> MicroCenter tech told me that chipset I have is ok for word
>>>>> processing but not for intense graphic programs. I am sure Nova is
>>>>> an intense graphic load.
>>>>>
>>>>> At 12:27 PM 4/24/2005, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I find the numbers interesting since on my AMD-1400 Nova only
>>>>>> takes up 17 percent.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The biggest impacts are the update interval. If you have too many
>>>>>> satellites or are updating them too often they will drag your
>>>>>> system down.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I track about a dozen satellites of interest and update every 300
>>>>>> msec.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Emily
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At 10:24 AM 4/24/2005 -0400, sco@sco-inc.com wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nova on my Intel Pent 4 1.6 ghz office computer with 768 mb RAM
>>>>>>> runs much faster than does Nova on my AMD XP 2400+ computer with
>>>>>>> 2 ghz and 512 mb RAM in my shack.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The AMD computer is taking 94-99 percent of my cpu while the
>>>>>>> Intel computer is only using 15 percent. Is there a setting i
>>>>>>> need to change in my new installation of Nova to reduce the cpu
>>>>>>> burden on my ham shack computer? It has a Nividea video card in
>>>>>>> it. Or should I increase the amount of RAM?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Les
>>>>>>> W4SCO
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