I recently acquired a used Optiplex 7050 with a i5 6500 CPU to pair with my 2 Hikvision cameras that I've been using without an NVR for the past year. After installing Blue Iris as a VM in Proxmox and then attempting to use it bare metal, I'm seeing significant CPU usage even without any cameras added on a fresh Windows 10 installation.
I've followed the guides for reducing CPU usage (with and without the cameras added), of course it's lower without them but hitting near 100% CPU usage when allocated 2 cores and no cameras seems odd to me.
Edit: Prior to purchasing the Optiplex I tested BI as a VM on my PC and it seemed fine even when allocated even a single core and 2GB of memory.
I've followed the guides for reducing CPU usage (with and without the cameras added), of course it's lower without them but hitting near 100% CPU usage when allocated 2 cores and no cameras seems odd to me.
Edit: Prior to purchasing the Optiplex I tested BI as a VM on my PC and it seemed fine even when allocated even a single core and 2GB of memory.
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