Hi nmath6,
It seems like both your hardware and your software are from third party providers - this question may be more suited for the third party forums.
If you'd like to know more about the specifications of an NI PCI card, I'd be happy to help, but I'll need more information about you application. What is causing the CPU to max out? What is your desired behavior? Do you want to run the CPU at max without receiving errors? Or is the CPU maxing out the problem?
Regards,
Derek B. (esoDerek)
Product Marketing Engineer
National Instruments