Rain or CPUIdle?

[Soybean]

Which program is better? Rain 2.0 or the newest version of CpuIdle? Thanks!

 

[Brian48]

They both work about the same, but Rain uses very little resources and doesn't cause a performance. Cpuidle is bloatware and DOES cause a slight performance hit when running in the background.

 

[ArcadianII]

Just curious, but what do those programs you mentioned do?

 

[Engineer]

Both of these programs place the processor in a *Halt* state when running idle processes, i.e. Basically suspends processor activity, therefore running at a much lower power level and therefore also cooler.. The work, and usually pretty well. They will not work, however, if you are running a full load such as RC5, Seti, etc. that uses 100% of your idle cpu time...

 

[Joe Danfa]

since we're on the topic.

what CPU should I choose as I have a 600 Mobile Celeron inside my laptop?

I was using CPUIdle 5.6 but I realized that it was using more recources than Rain 2.0

 

[Quickfingerz]

isn't RAIN dead? is CPUIdle 6.0 out yet? it's supposed to work with K7 cores.

 

[Eug]

Bah! Run OGR...


[warning] Crackhead recruitment alert! [/warning]

 

[downhiller80]

I used to use rain very happily on my K6-2 450 which overheated like a bi-atch.

Now I've moved onto Windows 200 which does this idling automatically (why DOESN'T win98??).

More to the point I've moved onto RC5 since my HS works so well I really don't need to worry about heat any more and it's nice to help the boys out.

Seb

 

[TuffGuy]

windows98 does it also, but it requires an update. just use the windows update feature in your internet explorer.

 

[Lark888]

Rain 2.0 is my choice. Install it and forget it. Drops CPU temp about 10-12C from peak when doing anything other than intense 3D or full-time math like Prime95. Lark