Played today around with Rage and reshade sbs in Virtual Desktop and did notice already >70% CPU load with pitools and steamvr and Virtual Desktop running…Wow.
Really need to upgrade to a real 8-core CPU soon (hint: Ryzen 3xxx) because the load is split nicely over all cores…
@PimaxVR : Why is pi_server.exe consuming so much cpu cycles on idle?
Checked today and the idle cpu load of pi_server.exe is still jumping between 3 and 15%.
On my second pc with the 5k+ it is jumping between 5 and 10%. There i run still the old 1803 Version of Windows 10 - it does not update to 1809 for some reason…
If i turn the lighthouses and the headset off, pi_server.exe cpu consumtion goes down to max. 3% (mostly around 0.5%) so it has to do with the communication between the headset and pi_server.exe when the headset is turned on.
I will check the cpu load tomorrow when i
-start the pc and pitool is not running yet, but lighthouses and headset are powered,
-then i start pitools
-then i start steamvr via pitools
Of course the lighthouses are powered. If i switch them on just before gaming, i have to restart the whole pc that pitool recognises them.
I will try tomorrow also with the vive pro and the Odyssey+ for comparison. The rift (oculus) software is removed because of an previous oculus software update error which deistalled the oculus software instead of installing the update. And because i do not want to have another background service running i will not only install it if it happens to me that i want to play an oculus game in future (maybe for lone echo 1&2 ).
Instead of restarting the whole PC, next time, kill PVRHome (if it is running) and try to restart only PiServiceLauncher service. It normally resolves all my “undefined” states.
@Sean.Huang , pi_server had some issues in my computer.
Some times the image get stuck completely. I switch off Pitool and HMD, but the image continues in the Pimax when I switch on again. I need to restart Pi_server and then it works well.
And, I don’t know the reason, my PSU (yes, it’s weird) makes a strange sound when pi_server is running. Only with pi_server. I made a stress GPU test and doesn’t has any issues/noises. Only with pi_server.
I will send you the Log if my pi_server get stuck again.