Is it normal for a program requiring processor time to slow down operation when a different program has the processor pegged? That sounds about right.
Cgminer is only running about .2% CPU utilization on average one core. When fully maxed out not only do I see degradation in hashing but also increase in Zombies and cgminer going not responding. I understand there could be an impact but I did not expect to see so much. I was just asking if others were seeing the same.