» Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:51 pm I did the following:
1) downloaded and ran procmon from Microsoft to monitor the running proceses to see what was so fascinating that the ckit had to stop for 10 minutes to do "it".
2) After a few red herrings I noticed that two files kept running all the time: nvsmartmaxapp.exe and nvsmartmaxapp64.exe from the folder c:\program files\nvidia corporation\display
3) researched the files, they throttle the video card to save energy and to cut down on heat. Junk!!! I do not run two 590 cards in sli to save energy. What is Nvidia smoking???
4) I renamed the files as .old, rebooted, problem solved. Ckit runs fine now, and the game in not affected or impaired. Life is good.
Maybe this thread may help some other poor devil in the future. This power saving junk is relatively new.
