CPU hungry visuals of Parametric EQ 2

[fabb]

Is it just for me that hovering a handle in Fruity Parametric EQ 2 costs additional 40% (!) of CPU constantly?
Till now I only noticed that the visuals get quirky when moving a handle as the FL internal CPU meter doesn't display the same higher CPU usage as the task manager does. Recently I noticed this as I was trying out Process Lasso which always displays CPU usage in the systray.

With visuals off, few CPU usage.


With visuals turned on, 32% more CPU needed (ok, HQ mode).


And now this: I hover a handle and get astonishing +41% CPU usage. Seems a bit ... much for hovering? Someone has the same experience?


Note: FL is in stop mode, nothing is playing. The CPU load is constantly +-2% on the level in the pictures.
Can it be some problem with my Pentium 4?

[RitterWolf]

fabb wrote:Can it be some problem with my Penti...

[e.g.:]

Yup, it's just you.

[vic]

Not happening with my P4 2.8GHz, currently runn...

[nucleon]

Your graphics card makes a difference to this v...

[vic]

Onboard, I'll bet. Try new drivers. Vic

[fabb]

new drivers for such an old notebook graphics c...

[fabb]

nucleon wrote:Your graphics card makes a differ...

[fabb]

RitterWolf wrote:It could be the fact that you ...

[davidbuhau]

keep the laptop for everything else build a mo...

[fabb]

i see less and less benefits in a big desktop. ...

[davidbuhau]

as soon as a laptop heats up, it's over, they s...

[Dion]

fabb wrote:finally the indirect mousing dies, w...

[sQeetz]

Dion wrote:fabb wrote:finally the indirect mous...

[fabb]

and i'm using a touchstream lp since 3 1/2 year...

[sQeetz]

Once multipoint touch sensitive screens get eno...

[Thewirehead]

I dunno how this would be day to day but you've...

[fabb]

I tried with the P4 3.0GHz machine in the cella...

[vic]

fabb wrote:I tried with the P4 3.0GHz machine i...

[fabb]

this second test was with a newer machine (1 ye...

[gol]

I don't see why you care about the CPU of the p...

[fabb]

it's just a damn ring changing its size! what s...

[nucleon]

fabb wrote:it's just a damn ring changing its s...

[fabb]

the laptop doesn't, the desktop does. (it's 2 s...

[nucleon]

fabb wrote:did you look in the windows task man...

[gol]

it's just a damn ring changing its size! what s...

[fabb]

visuals get quirky. could you fix it? i'll now...

[gol]

visuals get quirky. how? screenshot?

[fabb]

i mean jerking, juddering, ruckelnd.

[gol]

then just turn the visuals off. It's probably j...

[fabb]

visuals off: "only" + 40% cpu increase when mov...

[gol]

if that makes you feel better, here it's 40% to...

[fabb]

ok, now i feel better, thanks.