CPU issue running old game min/max window

mugaro

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Hello,

So I am using bots in diablo 2. Diablo 2 is a very old game as we all know...I have a 3770k overclocked to 4.5ghz.

When diablo opens it begins to use 20% of my CPU per instance. Yet if I manually go and minimize the window the CPU will drop from 20% usage to about 3%. I am running this bot called Etal with a version hack of 1.14d. Supposedly it comes with this gpu thing called gilder instead of direct draw or direct3d.

I've tried all 3 so I don't think it can be a fps issue.

Any smart gamer have any ideas which can cause an old game to have such tremendous issues? Even my super intensive new games don't do that.
 

mugaro

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Looks like this is entirely a CPU issue. The CPU is overworking itself every time the game is running. Yet sometimes when minimized by user can cause normal low performance for Diablo 2. Anyone good with CPU's have any suggestions to limit crazy CPU usage?