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did you ever resolve this issue? Funny your on a Mac and I'm in Windows 7 and the same thing is happening. It's a brand new computer and I have to close Ableton to get my mouse cursor back. This is scary situation playing live.

Updated Performance Test... I resolved the issue as to why the cpu meter was running higher than it should have been.

At first I thought it was because hyperthreading was enabled (there is no option in the BIOS to turn it off). I also had previously uninstalled all the bloatware and optimized my ...

how do you disable hyperthreading in windows 7 64 bit when it's not even an option in my BIOS on the advanced tab? I know it's enabled because my quadcore is showing 8 processors, and does anyone know for sure if this will help Ableton run better and have a lower cpu load??

also, my computer is showing 8 processors on a quadcore, so that means hyperthreading is enabled. does anyone know if I disable hyperthreading will live run better and have less of a load on the cpu?

thanks,

Jeff

so yours is twice as fast but mine is 1/3 the cost ;)

I checked the windows resource monitor while running the ableton test, and it peaks at %20, it says ableton is using 8% of my cpu and the next highest on the list is System Interupts (deffered procedure calls and interrupt service routines) at ...

1) 29% (peak)
2) Laptop Asus N53SV-XE1
3) Windows 7 Home Edition 64 bit
4) Live 8.2.2
5) Intel Core i7-2630QM @2.00GHz quad core
6) 12 GB RAM
7) Audio Kontrol 1
8) 7200
9) 8

1) 35% (peak)
2) Laptop Asus N53SV-XE1
3) Windows 7 Home Edition 64 bit
4) Live 8.2.2
5) Intel Core i7-2630QM @2.00GHz quad ...