Running Bitmining Utilities at Low Priority 24/7?

xevious

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Quote from: bitcoinsarefun on February 19, 2012, 06:44:13 AM

Quote from: digital2ape on February 16, 2012, 01:50:21 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.

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.

bitcoinsarefun

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Quote from: digital2ape on February 16, 2012, 01:50:21 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.

I run cgminer 24/7 and both work full time using my computer with no ill effects and no special settings.

jake262144

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

digital2ape

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Quote from: jake262144 on February 16, 2012, 07:56:50 AM

Why? Are you trying to run some covert bitcoin mining operation on machines that don't quite belong to you?

No.

Quote from: jake262144 on February 16, 2012, 07:56:50 AM

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

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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

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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.

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