Hi All,

I have a project in visual syudio.NET in the language C++.
Its an MFC application. When i m runnin the application the CPU usage reaches around 100. It should be around 50. How can i rectify this problem?

Thanks in advance!

Regards
Prakhar

In my experience code that utilises 100% of the CPU is performing a loop. This may be intentional as in a continuous iteration loop for a game etc, or unintentional.

If your software is supposed to loop then I suggest placing a Sleep() statement in the loop. This will allow the CPU to get on with other things.

as an example, my real time simulation uses 100% CPU simply because it is in a constant loop. However, the actual time used to run the simulation is only 2.1 milliseconds. I currently use a Sleep() statement to cool the CPU during development. Note that the minimum resolution of the Sleep() command is 16 milliseconds, and the wake up is a bit jittery. When I use a Sleep() my CPU usage is only 4%..