limit cpu resources

**dubstar** · March 28th, 2004

wondering if there is a way to limit a certain amount of resources of my CPU to software. I only want a game I play to have 70% of the CPU, not 100% which is currently takes up.. any way to limit this?

**ElementalDragon** · March 28th, 2004

uhm.... i don't think there is a way to limit that. there may be, but i don't think there is. Doing so may also degrade the performance of said game. Anyone else agree/disagree/know of such a program?

**dubstar** · March 28th, 2004

the specs for the game are "recommended 1gig" and i have a 2500XP.. if i knocked it down to 70%, i assume it would be running at around 1.75GHz, which leaves me 750mhz to have my MP3 player on, and ventrilo (a free voice chat for guild communication)

**j79zlr** · March 28th, 2004

That is what hyperthreading is for

**VenomXt** · March 28th, 2004

i may be wrong about this but seting priority in the task manager to the other programs might help. but this can lead to unstable conditions. Anyone have a comment on that. I

**ElementalDragon** · March 28th, 2004

yeah. HyperThreading rules for games. i remember on my Celeron 1.2 (yes, i know, 1.2GHz ESPECIALLY in a celeron ain't much to begin with) whenever i minimized a game, it would take a few minutes for my desktop to show up if it was a heavily graphical game like UT2k3 or somethin like that. now it only takes a couple seconds to a minute at most.

i think changing priority won't have that kind of effect. not sure though.

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ElementalDragon The One and Only Joined: August 2002 Location: Lehighton, PA Posts: 3,160 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1095 Power: 157	uhm.... i don't think there is a way to limit that. there may be, but i don't think there is. Doing so may also degrade the performance of said game. Anyone else agree/disagree/know of such a program? Core 2 Quad Q9450 \| 4GB DDR2 800 \| Abit IP-35 Pro \| eVGA GTX 295+ I Love Windows 7! Has my post been helpful to you? If so, please click the to the left to add to my reputation.

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dubstar format c: Joined: December 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,358 Reputation: 50 Power: 125	the specs for the game are "recommended 1gig" and i have a 2500XP.. if i knocked it down to 70%, i assume it would be running at around 1.75GHz, which leaves me 750mhz to have my MP3 player on, and ventrilo (a free voice chat for guild communication) QuistPro: 13" macbook pro. mid 2009. 10.6.4 box360: xbox 360 elite apple airport extreme / fios / 10mb/2mb retired: nerdBox: a7n8x-d / xp pro / 2800 athlon xp quistBox: xbox 1.6b / 250g / xenium ice mod-chip quistServ: dell pEdge 600sc / 2k3 blackthorne: dell e1505 / mce / 1.83 duo iQuist: White 3g iPhone / 16g / jailbroken / unlocked TMobile quistMobile: tmobile mda quistMobile2: htc g1

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ElementalDragon The One and Only Joined: August 2002 Location: Lehighton, PA Posts: 3,160 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1095 Power: 157	yeah. HyperThreading rules for games. i remember on my Celeron 1.2 (yes, i know, 1.2GHz ESPECIALLY in a celeron ain't much to begin with) whenever i minimized a game, it would take a few minutes for my desktop to show up if it was a heavily graphical game like UT2k3 or somethin like that. now it only takes a couple seconds to a minute at most. i think changing priority won't have that kind of effect. not sure though. Core 2 Quad Q9450 \| 4GB DDR2 800 \| Abit IP-35 Pro \| eVGA GTX 295+ I Love Windows 7! Has my post been helpful to you? If so, please click the to the left to add to my reputation.

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