is there way to put cap on cpu usage from 1 program?

[hahher]

like some software that let's you set the maximum usage of a program at 80% for example.

 

[Soulkeeper]

yeah taskmanager

just set it to below normal priority if you have to
the only problem with this is it will still use idle cpu cycles
but every other program will get first dibs at the cpu

hope this helps,
good luck

 

[Cerb]

You can't do exactly what you want, but setting the priority will keep a program from hogging the CPU, so you can do other things (I always media encoding to belownormal...slows it downa little, but I notice no slowdown in anything else). For similar reasons when I'm feeling impatient, I'll se Firebird to realtime

 

[hahher]

is 'realtime' basically same as a 'highest' setting?

also is there way to permanently place a setting on a program instead of setting priority every time i open the program?

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: hahher
is 'realtime' basically same as a 'highest' setting?

also is there way to permanently place a setting on a program instead of setting priority every time i open the program?

1. Yes.
2. Not that I know of, unless the program (like Winamp) supports it--but google it. There might be a way.

 

[Soulkeeper]

if you set it to realtime then you computer will lock up and you will prob have to hard reboot it
realtime is like that program is the only thing that gets access to the cpu

 

[digits]

if you set it to realtime then you computer will lock up and you will prob have to hard reboot it

I've done the realtime thing with Prime95 (DUMB) Locked me up real good and did have to do a hard reboot since there was noCPU left to run the shutdown task.
Although programs that do not hog the CPU work at the same rate as normal Just the OS does not allow other tasks to work while the "realtime" program is running

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
if you set it to realtime then you computer will lock up and you will prob have to hard reboot it
realtime is like that program is the only thing that gets access to the cpu

Yeah, not to be always, but Firebird is usually fine...not recommended for anything that doesn't make use of a lot of user input (such as SETI, LAME, etc.), also screws up games.

 

[hahher]

found a solution at tweakxp.com:

Launch most executables with the priority setting you want
Let's say you have a game installed called HIGH NEEDS and the executable is called HN.exe
Here's what to do:
-Create a new textfile in the game-app wathever-directory (let's say C:\HN), but instead of giving it the .txt extension you name it HN.bat
-Right-click this file and choose 'Edit', you'll see it'll open notepad. Put this line in:
cmd /c start /High HN.exe
-Save (make sure you save it as .bat, not as .txt) and close.
Now create a shortcut to this file and place it on your desktop. Every time you doubleclick this shortcut HIGH NEEDS will open with priority set to 'high'. (ofcourse you can also create a batchfile on your desktop, containing the full path of the app you want to start but the nice thing of creating a shortcut is you can give it an icon).
These are all the settings: Realtime, High, AboveNormal, Normal, BelowNormal, Low.
*Realtime is not recommended unless you have a dual-CPU system!