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Title: Running Bitmining Utilities at Low Priority 24/7? Post by: digital2ape on February 16, 2012, 06:50:21 AM Hey guys,
I was wondering if running a Bitmining utility with the lowest priority setting would allow you to run it 24/7 without debilitating the end user whatsoever. Seems rather unlikely to me. I imagine if it is possible, it would only work for CPU miners instead of GPU miners? I ask this because there a switch in the Auslogics defrag tool that defrags people's PCs without the end user noticing the slightest difference in performance during the defrag. It was pretty astonishing to me. Title: Re: Running Bitmining Utilities at Low Priority 24/7? Post by: jake262144 on February 16, 2012, 12:56:50 PM Why? Are you trying to run some covert bitcoin mining operation on machines that don't quite belong to you?
Also, with five IO priorities introduced with Windows Vista any disk-heavy application, like a defragmenter or AV, can be made unobtrusive. Title: Re: Running Bitmining Utilities at Low Priority 24/7? Post by: digital2ape on February 19, 2012, 03:40:28 AM Why? Are you trying to run some covert bitcoin mining operation on machines that don't quite belong to you? No. Also, with five IO priorities introduced with Windows Vista any disk-heavy application, like a defragmenter or AV, can be made unobtrusive. Are you saying that Windows XP doesn't have as much as powerful priority settings compared to Vista and 7? Title: Re: Running Bitmining Utilities at Low Priority 24/7? Post by: jake262144 on February 19, 2012, 11:18:57 AM Not talking about CPU priority. I'm talking about IO priority which was a newly introduced feature in Vista.
Title: Re: Running Bitmining Utilities at Low Priority 24/7? Post by: bitcoinsarefun on February 19, 2012, 11:44:13 AM Hey guys, I was wondering if running a Bitmining utility with the lowest priority setting would allow you to run it 24/7 without debilitating the end user whatsoever. I run cgminer 24/7 and both work full time using my computer with no ill effects and no special settings. Title: Re: Running Bitmining Utilities at Low Priority 24/7? Post by: xevious on February 20, 2012, 12:26:24 AM Hey guys, I was wondering if running a Bitmining utility with the lowest priority setting would allow you to run it 24/7 without debilitating the end user whatsoever. I run cgminer 24/7 and both work full time using my computer with no ill effects and no special settings. What bitcoinsarefun said. I keep cgminer running 24/7, and only notice a bit of slow-down in graphics-intensive games or running HD video. |