Steam's Weird CPU Usage When Scrolling

[Mushious]

Just something odd I noticed, when scrolling through my Steam games, my CPU fans would spin up. I think the cause is scrolling at a high speed polls the CPU enough to make it think a bit but, that's just speculation.

 

Anywho, video yay. Each time it peaks ~25-30% the mouse is scrolling (mouse wheel unlocked, fast scrolling).

 

https://youtu.be/OaKz17QHRwg

[QueenDemetria]

Well, Steam is pretty cludgy. Its surprising how little it crashes...

[Majestic]

But it's 25% load on a CPU probably running 800-1200mhz. But indeed, steam does soak up some of the CPU time. Especially the frontpage, if you monitor CPU and GPU load over a long period, you see it spiking.

[Mushious]

But it's 25% load on a CPU probably running 800-1200mhz. But indeed, steam does soak up some of the CPU time. Especially the frontpage, if you monitor CPU and GPU load over a long period, you see it spiking.

 

It's only when I scroll.

[Cakefish]

Not surprised. Steam, like Chrome, is pretty CPU heavy. Inefficient GPU acceleration is the culprit, I highly suspect.