On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 07:38 +0000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:14:31PM -0600, lee wrote: > > Hi, > > > > simple question: > > > > How do I provide a particular process with as much CPU time as > > possible? > [snip] > > I only want that game I'm playing to run faster. >
0. Install as much physical memory as fits in your machine
and you can afford.
Don't
> 1. Start the program using 'nice':
>
> nice -20 command
Sorry that's mildly spoken wrong. A normal user can only reduce
his share of CPU time using nice and you don't want to propose
running a game as root I hope.
> 2. Don't run other CPU-intensive processes
Correct
3. Try this only own your own machine while no important jobs
are running
sudo renice -4 -p GAMES_PROCESS_ID
or if the game spawns subprocesses
sudo renice -4 -g GAMES_PROCESS_GROUP_ID
and try not to shoot yourself in your foot by locking out
kernel processes.
HTH
Siggy
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