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Very little processor usage

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:25 pm
by Sylfaen
My F@H usually uses up about 25% of my quad-core processor, which is actually very little :?
So I want to know if I can make it use up the potential of my computer to the full! Not really to the full of course, I don't want to have to buy special cooling equipment :D. But a bit more than 25% would be nice...
By the way, yes I know the way you change priority in the Task Manager, but that has to be done manually every time the computer reboots :(

Re: Very little processor usage

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:32 pm
by P5-133XL
You can install multiple copies of the uniprocessor client (one per core). Just make sure each one is in a different folder/directory and has a different machineID.

Another alternative is to install a single copy of the SMP client.

P.S. you shouldn't need to change the priority in the task manager. Folding is designed so that even if it is running at 100%, it will simply get out of the way of any other process and continue running when that other process is finished. So it won't interfere with whatever you are doing and will use as all of the CPU, whenever it (the CPU) is doing nothing.

Re: Very little processor usage

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:40 pm
by jrweiss
See the Wiki at http://fahwiki.net/index.php/FAH_%26_SM ... le_Clients to install up to 4 instances (1 per core) as P5 suggested.

Re: Very little processor usage

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:07 pm
by Sylfaen
thanks!