Why only 50% of load while using Strategy Optimizer

[whitegun]

My machine has a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ and 3GB of RAM.
When I run a strategy optimizasion I get the message, please wait... and see that the remaining time for the optimizasion is 2 hours for example but the Windows Task Manager shows me that I never use more than 50% of CPU and only 400MB of RAM.!
So, if my system still has plenty of RAM why does not Ninjatrader loed the CPU 100% and do the job in half the time (1 hour)??
What is restringing Ninjatrader to do the job faster if there is still plenty of memory and CPU and no other programs open?? Eaven if there were other programs working ninja could use easily 70 or 80% of CPU (the machine is fast) but seems its capped to 50%, why??

[KBJ]

Since your CPU is dual-core, it can process two threads at a time. If it only processes one thread, then only 50% of your CPU will be in use.

See this reference for more info on how this works: Dual Core - Software Impact

So, unfortunately the StrategyAnalyzer runs as a single thread, so it can only use 50% of the CPU.

[whitegun]

Hello KBJ, thanks for the replay.

I am not totaly shure if it is totaly right what you are saying (even teoreticly it is!) because the task meneger shows the load for each of the CPS and each of them has a load of 50%, not 1 100% and the other one 0% and the total is 50%.
If you are right, is there any way arround it?
I mean, I have some strategies wich I would like to optimize but like this it will take an eternity. I tought of buying a more powerful PC but now a days you get more power not from MHZ but from more cores.
This would mean that the strategy optimizer is useles for a lot of strategies because eaven if I run Ninja on a powerful cuadcore CPU or on a server sistem with 8+ cores it would still be the same slow!
I can not belive that it is so restrictet!?

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

KBJ is right. Same situation on my dual core here. Unfortunately there is not way around right now. We have it on our list for V7 (end of next year) though

[whitegun]

End of next year only

I realy love ninja but this is a very very very big negative point.

Shure there is no wey arround it (maybe some 3 partie program wich can split the treat in 2 and use bouth cores)?

I realy hate need to loke for an other program only because of this (while I love ninja in any other aspect and already get used to it)!!

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

Thanks for your comments.