I am returning on 2/18/21 to complete this thread. Apparently a recent update from the BI system returned each cameras' "hardware acceleration" choice from "default" to "off". With 40 cameras, and 100% of the load shifted back to the CPU, it rendered my PC as useful as a boat anchor.
Going in and changing each camera back to default (with Intel selected under the console's global setting) returned the CPU to normal 60-ish percent.
Upon prompting from others in this thread, I took the time to learn and implement the sub-stream option for each of my cameras, and the CPU load dropped to <20%. Even better, the memory utilization, which had been around 8GB (of 16GB), dropped to less than 2GB. It's the first time in a very long time that I heard the CPU cooling fans run at anything other than blow-drier levels.
A big thank you to those in this thread that helped me tweak and tune my PC to better than it ever was.
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Before going nuclear and rebuilding my system, I thought I'd ask if anyone has recently noticed a huge increase in CPU usage with the latest updates. I've made zero changes to my configuration, and over the last few days, the CPU has been pegged at 97% for BI, and 100% total. It makes logging into the cameras hit and miss, and CPU fans are screaming.
I haven't provided details of the updates (it is the latest as of 2/12/21) and on Windows 10 (which also recently forced an update down my throat)... But if I could confirm others are having this issue then I'm going to avoid going through the trouble and hassle of reinstalling everything.
Going in and changing each camera back to default (with Intel selected under the console's global setting) returned the CPU to normal 60-ish percent.
Upon prompting from others in this thread, I took the time to learn and implement the sub-stream option for each of my cameras, and the CPU load dropped to <20%. Even better, the memory utilization, which had been around 8GB (of 16GB), dropped to less than 2GB. It's the first time in a very long time that I heard the CPU cooling fans run at anything other than blow-drier levels.
A big thank you to those in this thread that helped me tweak and tune my PC to better than it ever was.
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Before going nuclear and rebuilding my system, I thought I'd ask if anyone has recently noticed a huge increase in CPU usage with the latest updates. I've made zero changes to my configuration, and over the last few days, the CPU has been pegged at 97% for BI, and 100% total. It makes logging into the cameras hit and miss, and CPU fans are screaming.
I haven't provided details of the updates (it is the latest as of 2/12/21) and on Windows 10 (which also recently forced an update down my throat)... But if I could confirm others are having this issue then I'm going to avoid going through the trouble and hassle of reinstalling everything.
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