Running Bitmining Utilities at Low Priority 24/7?

[digital2ape]

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.

[jake262144]

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.

[digital2ape]

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?

[jake262144]

Not talking about CPU priority. I'm talking about IO priority which was a newly introduced feature in Vista.

[bitcoinsarefun]

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.

[xevious]

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.