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Same problem over here. I have PP consuming 80-95% CPU even while NOT PLAYING (3 MHz, 2 GB RAM). It is virtually impossible for me to play and use PT/PAHUD at the same time...

I am starting to think Party is deliberately doing this to force people into not using, as they stated in the e-mail response above, "other applications"...Hope this is not the case, because if it is then bye bye pp

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If your Party CPU is that high while not playing then it sounds like you arent using DeMonster. Use DeMonster and see what your CPU usage is then? If you're already using DeMonster how fast is your CPU?

I can say rather confidently that its not deliberate. Its a case of extremely poor design and implementation followed by years of adding things on withouth thinking about performance. To essentially fix the problem, they would need to do a complete redesign and start from scratch...