CPU at it's peak.

[zebala]

Greetings fellow players,

For some reason, whenever I play Elements, my CPU usage goes to 100% even at the lowest settings. I am using Ubuntu 10.04 with 64-bit flash. I am sure this isn't the processor bottlenecking, because when I had Windows 32-bit it worked fine with high settings. Is this a platform or 64-bit problem? I go between Windows and Ubuntu and usually dual-boot, but I do not have Windows at the moment (thank god). I wouldn't want to keep Windows around just for playing Elements every now and then.

And please, no "Linux is ***, use Windows!" comments

Thanks, appreciate it.

[onetwothree]

I don't know about Ubuntu 64-bit, but I'm running Windows 7 64 bit fine. CPU usage might flare up to 50% during the "Your Deck" screen, but after it loads it drops back down.
Running duo core at 2.54 ghz.

[salsaheaven]

I run a Linux myself, and you can officially blame Adobe for delivering a crappy flash client. :-(
It's not your fault or Linux' fault, it's just horribly slow with this bad client...

[zebala]

Yeah, I think the Linux 64-bit flash is also still beta. Youtube videos and everything else work supersmooth, however. Salsaheaven, did you download the 64-bit flash from Adobe's site/launchpad's repo? The one from official Ubuntu repos is 32-bit.

[salsaheaven]

I am running an old Centrino Laptop who is not capable of 64bit, thus I use the 32bit Version of Archlinux.

But even with my Desktop-PC, which is broken atm, (2x 3.1Ghz X2 5000+, 4G Ram) Elements slows down with many cards on the field....

[zebala]

Alright. It's a shame I didn't try elements before I changed 32-bit flash to 64. I am running a Centrino, too, and was surprised when I found this one supported 64-bit .