On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 10:48 AM Arnt Karlsen <a...@iaksess.no> wrote: > > On Tue, 31 May 2022 09:18:43 -0500, o1bigtenor wrote in message > <CAPpdf58vkcoGSeXXjVC8DwEZNBM-AnOYMY-WA=-jQt3nj=t...@mail.gmail.com>: > > > On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 8:46 AM Steve Litt > > <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > > > > > > o1bigtenor via Dng said on Mon, 30 May 2022 17:03:56 -0500 > > > > > > >Greetings > > > > > > > >I am investing in a new system. > > > >(Ryzen 7 5800X + Ryzen 570 gpu) > > > > > > You're going to be very, very pleased with your finished product. 16 > > > high speed threads can tame the toughest online video chat or > > > javascript-encumbered website. > > > > I am finding that web browsers are quite greedy when its comes to > > system resources - - - especially the cpu but so far it seems like the > > most I'm seeing is maybe 2 cores in use rarely more. > > ..starve them! No web browser deserve more than 2 to 4 cpu threads > or more than 4GB of ram. I watch youtube videos on Google's chromium > web browser at nice -n 17 at 1920x1200@60Hz on my 2 Dell Precision > M4400 (8GB ram, one has an Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 @ 2.80GHz and the > other a T9400 @ 2.53GHz cpu, both has NVIDIA's G96GLM [Quadro FX 770M] > running the nouveau driver. (I usually prefer youtube at 1280x800, > less stutter in rain, wireless ISP.)
Like that idea - - - but - - - how? (Are there any other ramifications to doing this?) > > ..ok, 4K video games etc might need more, just keep them in qemu etc > vms, no need to let any of that crap crash your hardware. RT, nice > etc is there to help you kill the crap you keep in virtual machines. > > > Between most software not using more than a few cores and cost > > was what decided me on this particular proc. > > None of the more core procs run at 3.8 GHz base (I think there is > > a bump up available too on the chosen model) so until a lot of > > programs make use of multi-core I thought it not worth going for > > more cores. > > ..I'd lean towards more cores rather than higher speeds, you can much > more easily throw things into vms and let them chew thru with a dozen > cpu treads, with 2, virtualization approaches virtual uselessness. ;o) > I got badly burned (imo anyway) digging into containers (LXD) a while ago now and am quite cured of any curiosity in that regard at present. So at present virtualization and I are not really on speaking terms (nevermind actually running some kind of containerization). Looking forward to finding out how to starve browsers from devouring all system resources!!! TIA _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
