Football Manager 2012 uses 130% of CPU!

[sioannou]

Hi folks,

I have an early 2011 base MBP with 4gb ram(lion). Everything runs smooth and fast, however I have problems with the only game I play on my mac

I've purchased FM2012 which is mainly a database game, my system meets all the requirements but still I am getting too much sluggishness and the transition between the screens is awfully slow .

I've tried anything came to my mind, I've closed all the running programs and checked through activity monitors and fm2012 eats 130% of the CPU ! I've tried it on both gpus again no success. I've posted a thread in SI forums also and many people with the same configuration of mbp run the game smoothly .

I remember few months ago there was a problem with the Parallels which was eating 130% when you had a specific folder in the dock, I don't know if is somehow related (a file in wrong place causing a bug ).

Please help

 

[sammich]

Are you concerned over the fact that it's over 100%?

In OS X, CPU usage is measured per core. Your MBP has 4 (+4 hyperthreaded cores). So in theory it can reach 800%.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

130% CPU usage with a quad core i7 you have is only a usage of a little more than 1/6th of available CPU capacity, as you have four cores with two threads per core, thus you have eight virtual cores, which Activity Monitor shows as 100% per virtual core/thread.

 

[sammich]

130% CPU usage with a quad core i7 you have is only a usage of a little more than 1/6th of available CPU capacity, as you have four cores with two threads per core, thus you have eight virtual cores, which Activity Monitor shows as 100% per virtual core/thread.

Isn't a hyperthreaded core a pseudo core? While Activity Monitor can report close to 800% (i've only seen 670%), at 800% it's not really faster than 400%, it's just making use of spare clock.

 

[sioannou]

No guys, I don't care if the game uses more than a 100% CPU I just want to play the game . The game is unplayable and too slow ! It shouldn't be , because my mac meets all the requirements which are :

OS: OS X 10.5.8/10.6.8/10.7.x or higher
Processor: Intel Processor
Memory: 1GB
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 7300 GT or greater; ATI Radeon X1600 or greater.
Hard Drive: 2GB

I don't know if its steam the problem

 

[capoeirista]

Run the game with a smaller database? That's what I used to do — admittedly that was on the previous version of FM. It definitely sped it up.

 

[Magnuss99]

Same problem with FM2012 on my Macbook Pro. It's really annoying and weird because I bought my macbook last christmas and also the game worked fine for a week and suddenly began working very slow.

I think something's wrong with steam

 

[MasterTick]

Same problem with FM2012 on my Macbook Pro. It's really annoying and weird because I bought my macbook last christmas and also the game worked fine for a week and suddenly began working very slow.

I think something's wrong with steam

Steam is just a launcher, it won't make your game slow.

 

[Magnuss99]

Remove FM2011 tactics from FM2012 tactics folder. It works for me!

 

[Javik]

FM12 worked super on my MBA (see sig) but ever since the new steam update/fm update (i don't know which one) i literally CANNOT open the game. It says "verifying game cache" --> verified --> steam can't connect to servers. The forums are rampant at SI with so many people experiencing a problem.

I really don't get it, SI is intentionally hampering the people who legitimately bought the game by imposing steam on us. Their should always be the option.

 

[sioannou]

I've found the solution.

The problem is gfxcard status. From the moment I've quit gfx card status the Football Manager runs as it should be, super fast ! The conclusion is, that gfxcard status somehow conflicts with steam probably?