Ubuntu
gnome-system-monitor package

  1. Bug #187383
  2. Comment #72

Comment 72 for bug 187383

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Christopher Lees (leezer3) wrote :

Some of the blame for this needs to be pointed at shoddy video drivers- While there must be an issue with gnome-system-monitor underlying things, many video drivers don't seem to be helping things.
nv is a nasty culprit- Switching to vesa has reduced cpu from 100% maxed to 60% (Idle!)
Specs fwiw-
Athlon64 3000+ (S754)
756mb RAM