[QUESTION] Zcash nheqminer. How to limit CPU usage?

[metador]

Does anyone have an idea how I could reduce CPU usage using nheqminer ? I tried to change threads to -t 1 but it still works at least at ~30% cpu. I want to reduce to ~10% cpu so I could still use my Windows Machines for my needs but also mine at least a little bit.
Maybe someone did it yourself by editing miner code? Or maybe there is another option?
Maybe there is bored C++ developer who would take a look at what could be done to achieve this

[toptek]

Does anyone have an idea how I could reduce CPU usage using nheqminer ? I tried to change threads to -t 1 but it still works at least at ~30% cpu. I want to reduce to ~10% cpu so I could still use my Windows Machines for my needs but also mine at least a little bit.
Maybe someone did it yourself by editing miner code? Or maybe there is another option?
Maybe there is bored C++ developer who would take a look at what could be done to achieve this

I don't think you cam yet it just controllers how many cores your using to mine with i was using 6 cores to mine  on one of my PC and watching  movies , doing other stuff it didn't seem to impact it .

[metador]

I don't think you cam yet it just controllers how many cores your using to mine with i was using 6 cores to mine  on one of my PC and watching  movies , doing other stuff it didn't seem to impact it .

I see, what a shame  

[d57heinz]

Add -t 0 to the command line see if that helps   The number being amount of threads/cores you want to utilize while mining. 

[metador]

Add -t 0 to the command line see if that helps   The number being amount of threads/cores you want to utilize while mining. 

That will just disable cpu mining at all  I wish it would work like that. Or like 0.5 threads.

[generalt]

Add -t 0 to the command line see if that helps   The number being amount of threads/cores you want to utilize while mining. 

That will just disable cpu mining at all  I wish it would work like that. Or like 0.5 threads.

So if you have 4 cores you can do -t 2 so it only uses two threads.  Wouldn't that limit the CPU usage a little?

[metador]

So if you have 4 cores you can do -t 2 so it only uses two threads.  Wouldn't that limit the CPU usage a little?

Well, i wrote in my first post that i tried using even -t 1, it still unfortunately uses at least 30% cpu. -t 2 uses even more.

[malefactor]

Have you even confirmed that constant consumption of 30% CPU is actually a problem for you?  Very few things constantly consume CPU; the only one that comes to mind is 1080p (and up) decode of youtube that can be taxing.

This particular miner seems more memory-hungry than CPU.  I've had to upgrade my rigs to deal with it.