The ad that causes 100% cpu usage

Lelisevis · Feb 4, 2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Lord

the gillete one finally showed up again.

Cutting edge technology?

Dark Lord · Feb 5, 2009, 12:41 AM

i dont know if you guys want me to keep posting all these, but ive got another new one for a credit report from CreditCheck

CDsDontBurn · Feb 8, 2009, 09:28 PM

up until i saw this thread i had begun to notice my computer slowing down some. then i read this thread, and you have what i posted in my initial post for this thread.

my comment now is, when i have several tabs open for different threads for me to view, and there is that BFG ad there for at least half of the open threads i have in each tab, that really slows my computer down.

it's been making my DH experience less enjoyable.

CDsDontBurn · Mar 7, 2009, 02:54 AM

bring back this thread again, i've noticed that the new BFG "H20" ad also causes CPU usage to skyrocket. this is true on my machine at home and at work.

can these ads that increase CPU usage be removed?

**dj_stick** · Mar 7, 2009, 08:01 AM

yeah the H2O add does add to CPU usage, but it's got a really cool mouse-over effect, but it doesn't slow down my computer much (Safari 4 Beta, Macbook Air)

GigaWatt · Mar 7, 2009, 12:33 PM

the add Judas was referring to loads both of my cores 25% to about 50%, depending if there are two or only one of them... i'm using Firefox 3.0.5 on Win Server 2003...

comp_ali · Mar 7, 2009, 12:48 PM

Yes I am sure it depends on cpu cores it never exceeded 50 ( between 30 - 50) for mine (2 cores) May be for single core system it would achieve 100 %..

Tyrsonswood · Mar 7, 2009, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by comp_ali

Yes I am sure it depends on cpu cores it never exceeded 50 ( between 30 - 50) for mine (2 cores) May be for single core system it would achieve 100 %..

It does...... sometimes reloading the page and hoping for a different ad is the only way to do anything.... the H2O ad doesn't do it anywhere near as bad.

Judas · Mar 7, 2009, 04:32 PM

quite often on single core cpus.. even my 3.2ghz Pentium 4 with 3gb of ram and xp pro sp3 will cause IE to pretty much stop responding for 5-10 seconds at a time... and occasionally lock it right up to the point where i have to force it to shut down via task manager (if i can get the bloody thing to load up cause the cpu is pegged so hard)

The other machine, a Sempron 64bit 3100+ cpu...... also experiences the same thing, however while running vista or win7, it manages it a bit easier then xp. Still the results vary....

I came to the site on a P2 450, the machine pretty much died right on the spot.

comp_ali · Mar 7, 2009, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Judas

I came to the site on a P2 450, the machine pretty much died right on the spot.

You still have P2

Judas · Mar 7, 2009, 05:47 PM

I've got tons of different and older hardware that still works great with windows XP pro sp3....

shit the compaq with 72mb of ram and a 486dx4 running 90mhz (overclocked to 180mhz.. WOW) still works relatively well as a last ditch effort. (sp3 really slowed it down though)

GigaWatt · Mar 7, 2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by comp_ali

You still have P2

there is nothing odd about it... i still own a PII and a PIII rig myslef... and they are still both in excelent condition... sometimes i need a slower rig so i could do some testing on some types of sotwares...

back on topic: the other adds eat up both CPU cores to about 30% (max), but only if there are two of them, this one eats up 50% of both cores with two of the same adds present on the page... i also do what Tyrsonswood does... reload the page and hope that the next time a different add will show up...

comp_ali · Mar 7, 2009, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Judas

I've got tons of different and older hardware that still works great with windows XP pro sp3....

shit the compaq with 72mb of ram and a 486dx4 running 90mhz (overclocked to 180mhz.. WOW) still works relatively well as a last ditch effort. (sp3 really slowed it down though)

CDsDontBurn · Mar 7, 2009, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by GigaWatt

the add Judas was referring to loads both of my cores 25% to about 50%, depending if there are two or only one of them... i'm using Firefox 3.0.5 on Win Server 2003...

at work, i've got winXP sp3, p4 2.6Ghz 533Mhz fsb, 512MB RAM.

here at home i've got Vista sp1 32bit, 3.2Ghz p4 800Mhz FSB, 2GB RAM

needless to say, both machines bog down a significant amount. especially my work machine. both machines religiously use ie7, both are fully updated.

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Originally Posted by comp_ali

Yes I am sure it depends on cpu cores it never exceeded 50 ( between 30 - 50) for mine (2 cores) May be for single core system it would achieve 100 %..

both machines (stated above) are able to hit 100% CPU usage on a regular basis whenever these ads are shown.

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Originally Posted by Tyrsonswood

It does...... sometimes reloading the page and hoping for a different ad is the only way to do anything.... the H2O ad doesn't do it anywhere near as bad.

lol, yup. same here

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Originally Posted by Judas

quite often on single core cpus.. even my 3.2ghz Pentium 4 with 3gb of ram and xp pro sp3 will cause IE to pretty much stop responding for 5-10 seconds at a time... and occasionally lock it right up to the point where i have to force it to shut down via task manager (if i can get the bloody thing to load up cause the cpu is pegged so hard)

The other machine, a Sempron 64bit 3100+ cpu...... also experiences the same thing, however while running vista or win7, it manages it a bit easier then xp. Still the results vary....

I came to the site on a P2 450, the machine pretty much died right on the spot.

yup yup.

***craig5320*** · Mar 12, 2009, 01:39 PM

I've passed on your comments to our sales guy who can contact the company rep who provided us with the adverts, it's out of our hands, as it seems to be the flash file itself rather than anything server side.

If you have any other issues with the adverts please let me know.

***craig5320*** · Mar 12, 2009, 03:05 PM

I've been informed the H20 ad has been taken down for the time being. Thanks

Judas · Mar 12, 2009, 04:47 PM

thanks... that's one out of 2 problematic ads

CDsDontBurn · Mar 12, 2009, 10:23 PM

cool, thx craig. but as judas pointed out, there's still that other problematic BFG ad which originally caused this thread to start.

i've even gone to using FF for DH specifically (i don't like to use FF btw) because it has the ability to remove ads....but i gotta figure that part out myself which would call for a different thread entirely.

Judas · Mar 13, 2009, 01:04 AM

I honestly think.. that majority of the problem is related to the latest version of Flash itself..

since flash 10 arrived.... i've seen a number of complaints from various forums about flash related issues such as lockups and high usage....

i personally find flash 10 since it came out.... to be a royally pain in the ass reguardless of the machine it's on.... random sites just failing...

it's the worse version of flash since it's orginal inception

Robert McClelland · Mar 30, 2009, 01:26 AM

I'm having Same issue 100% CPU Usage with newest firefox Is there still away to fix it?

Zardon · Mar 30, 2009, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Robert McClelland

I'm having Same issue 100% CPU Usage with newest firefox Is there still away to fix it?

With what ad robert?

Tyrsonswood · Mar 30, 2009, 01:56 AM

Z, I think the BFG "fast and furious" seems to be the culprit for most of these posts. I started using chrome last week and I'm not seeing it as bad there, but with IE or firefox it was just miserable when Two of those ads happened at the same time..... None of the other ads were anywhere near as hardware intensive on my systems

Robert McClelland · Mar 30, 2009, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Zardon

With what ad robert?

I think it was MSI P58 Pro ad I keep eye on Allan I let you know. I have p4 2.66 system now.

Judas · Mar 30, 2009, 09:25 PM

as i mentioned.... the ads are still pretty intollerable on any system running a single core cpu even if it's hyper threaded. Some of these machines with mp3 playing or any sound playing at all will cause it to even clip on dh, typing a new post on such a machine is extremely slow, takes a second for every letter typed sometimes.

it's very unforgiving.... i'm not a E5200 right now.... no problems.. but just confirming this on the machines that i are lower end dual core or mostly single core cpu's.

Course what i find interesting is that this 3.2ghz p4 with HT dies where as the AMD Sempron 2800+ does exceptionally well under the exact same circumstances.

GigaWatt · Mar 30, 2009, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Judas

Course what i find interesting is that this 3.2ghz p4 with HT dies where as the AMD Sempron 2800+ does exceptionally well under the exact same circumstances.

cuz it has shorter pipelining than intel processors do... i guess...

anyway, if the porblem is the new version of the flash player, why are not all ads problematic... why is only the BFG ad the one that stands out...?

CDsDontBurn · Mar 31, 2009, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Judas

as i mentioned.... the ads are still pretty intollerable on any system running a single core cpu even if it's hyper threaded. Some of these machines with mp3 playing or any sound playing at all will cause it to even clip on dh, typing a new post on such a machine is extremely slow, takes a second for every letter typed sometimes.

it's very unforgiving.... i'm not a E5200 right now.... no problems.. but just confirming this on the machines that i are lower end dual core or mostly single core cpu's.

Course what i find interesting is that this 3.2ghz p4 with HT dies where as the AMD Sempron 2800+ does exceptionally well under the exact same circumstances.

Yes, i totally agree with judas' and robert's post above!

those of us who don't have ubber fast computers suffer with these CPU intensive ads. my personal machine at home (3.2Ghz 800Mhz FSB p4 as stated in my specs), and my work machine (2.66 533Mhz FSB p4) come to a CRAWL with these ads.

what i had to do, at work at least because it's worse in my work PC, is use FF (which i don't like using) and use the ABP ad-on to not show any of the ads that DH gets.

can't DH go use only *.gif or *.jpg style ads? ads don't need to be flashy and/or "cool looking", ads just need to advertise a product/service.

Tyrsonswood · Mar 31, 2009, 12:49 AM

Most of the ads are fine, even the "cool looking" ones....... but that BFG ad just pushes it to the max.......... It's not even that "flashy".

CDsDontBurn · Mar 31, 2009, 12:53 AM

it has that "flashy" water effect if you scroll your mouse over it.

Zardon · Mar 31, 2009, 12:55 AM

guys can everyone please relax a bit.

these flash ads are necessary to the running of the site and people need to understand that paying 20 people, covering the costs of 5tb+ of data month is a lot of money. If we went with 3 JPEG ads we would need to make quite a few people redundant, you wouldnt get half the competitions or half the content.

The BFG ads have always been an issue and one has been removed. I will flag the other BFG ads to the relevant parties. I don't always like the ads myself but you have to understand that these ads help fund everything you get for FREE. if the ads are such a massive issue then all I can suggest is that you block them.

Judas · Mar 31, 2009, 01:30 AM

just a fyi... i'm not complaining.. just pointing them out... mostly for those trying to figure out why their machines may crawl at times.. there are quick solutions available for the individual cases... i don't think they need to be removed.

i'm fully aware of the necessities of the ads.... they should remain..... just each user needs to be aware of it, and take the extra steps if they can for themselves.

Flash is here and going to stay..... i just wished that full hardware acceleration 2d/3D wise without taxing the CPU would be nice.

Feb 5, 2009, 12:41 AM	#32
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Re: The ad that causes 100% cpu usage i dont know if you guys want me to keep posting all these, but ive got another new one for a credit report from CreditCheck __________________

Feb 8, 2009, 09:28 PM	#33
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	Re: The ad that causes 100% cpu usage up until i saw this thread i had begun to notice my computer slowing down some. then i read this thread, and you have what i posted in my initial post for this thread. my comment now is, when i have several tabs open for different threads for me to view, and there is that BFG ad there for at least half of the open threads i have in each tab, that really slows my computer down. it's been making my DH experience less enjoyable. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Mar 7, 2009, 02:54 AM	#34
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	Re: The ad that causes 100% cpu usage bring back this thread again, i've noticed that the new BFG "H20" ad also causes CPU usage to skyrocket. this is true on my machine at home and at work. can these ads that increase CPU usage be removed? __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Mar 7, 2009, 12:33 PM	#36
GigaWatt Now In Color :D Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Macedonia, Skopje Posts: 2,116 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	Re: The ad that causes 100% cpu usage the add Judas was referring to loads both of my cores 25% to about 50%, depending if there are two or only one of them... i'm using Firefox 3.0.5 on Win Server 2003... __________________ It's not schisophrenia... it's just a voice in my head...

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comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,441 Rep Power: 331 System Specs	Re: The ad that causes 100% cpu usage Yes I am sure it depends on cpu cores it never exceeded 50 ( between 30 - 50) for mine (2 cores) May be for single core system it would achieve 100 %.. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Last edited by comp_ali; Mar 7, 2009 at 01:03 PM.

Mar 12, 2009, 01:39 PM	#45
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,282 Rep Power: 428 System Specs	Re: The ad that causes 100% cpu usage I've passed on your comments to our sales guy who can contact the company rep who provided us with the adverts, it's out of our hands, as it seems to be the flash file itself rather than anything server side. If you have any other issues with the adverts please let me know. __________________

Mar 12, 2009, 03:05 PM	#46
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,282 Rep Power: 428 System Specs	Re: The ad that causes 100% cpu usage I've been informed the H20 ad has been taken down for the time being. Thanks __________________

Mar 12, 2009, 10:23 PM	#48
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	Re: The ad that causes 100% cpu usage cool, thx craig. but as judas pointed out, there's still that other problematic BFG ad which originally caused this thread to start. i've even gone to using FF for DH specifically (i don't like to use FF btw) because it has the ability to remove ads....but i gotta figure that part out myself which would call for a different thread entirely. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Mar 30, 2009, 01:26 AM	#50
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,247 Rep Power: 193 System Specs	Re: The ad that causes 100% cpu usage I'm having Same issue 100% CPU Usage with newest firefox Is there still away to fix it? __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2242746

Mar 31, 2009, 12:53 AM	#58
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	Re: The ad that causes 100% cpu usage it has that "flashy" water effect if you scroll your mouse over it. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Mar 31, 2009, 12:55 AM	#59
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	Re: The ad that causes 100% cpu usage guys can everyone please relax a bit. these flash ads are necessary to the running of the site and people need to understand that paying 20 people, covering the costs of 5tb+ of data month is a lot of money. If we went with 3 JPEG ads we would need to make quite a few people redundant, you wouldnt get half the competitions or half the content. The BFG ads have always been an issue and one has been removed. I will flag the other BFG ads to the relevant parties. I don't always like the ads myself but you have to understand that these ads help fund everything you get for FREE. if the ads are such a massive issue then all I can suggest is that you block them.