6 Replies Latest reply: Jun 21, 2013 11:06 AM by JSS1138 RSS

    CPU utilization when rendering

    illucine Community Member

      I'm currently doing my first HD render and noticed the CPU Usage is way below what it was for SD renders.  Specifically, when I rendered to MPEG2-DVD, the utilization stayed between 90 and 100% and utilized all cores.  Now when I export the same project (same preferences, same hardware) to H.264 Blu-ray, the CPUs only go to 20-30% and 3 cores appear idle.  Is this normal?