Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 01:11:04AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > [2] 53C will be reported on the heatsink edge when 61C is reported by > the CPU core to the bios. The difference is less at lower temps. ...as one would expect. Suggest that using the CPU core sensor would be a better idea than the he

Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Travis Crump
Nano Nano wrote: [1] 230 mhz bus, 14% increase. Kernel compile time went from 6:11 to 5:20, a 14% increase. It's worth the trouble. So, you have a 14% performance boost, but you can only use it 75% of the time. 1.14*0.75=86%... signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Greg Folkert
On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 04:11, Nano Nano wrote: > I've overclocked my 3.2Ghz to 3.68Ghz with proper but extremely loud CPU > fan. [1]. My goal is to lever let my heatsink temp. exceed 53 > celsius [2]. Cool. > [1] 230 mhz bus, 14% increase. Kernel compile time went from 6:11 to > 5:20, a 14% i

Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 15:43, Nano Nano wrote: > Now I can turn the fan down to "quite quiet" (3000 RPMs) and compile hte > kernel at 46C (before it was 55C). So I can sleep peacefully. I don't know what Pentium4 chips are rated to run at, but I think you might be over paranoid about the te

Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Nano Nano
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 02:31:35PM +0100, Christian Schnobrich wrote: > As for 'unexpected' tasks, look at /etc/cron.* (daily, monthly, etc). Will do. > As I understand it, you sleep almost on top of the machine and want it > to keep running 24/7. Why you want to do this is none of my business, >

Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Christian Schnobrich
On Die, 2004-02-17 at 10:11, Nano Nano wrote: > I've overclocked my 3.2Ghz to 3.68Ghz with proper but extremely loud CPU > fan. [1]. My goal is to lever let my heatsink temp. exceed 53 > celsius [2]. [...] > I can sleep near a quiet PC and be confident that it will never go above > the mid-40s a

Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Nano Nano
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 01:11:04AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > [1] 230 mhz bus, 14% increase. Kernel compile time went from 6:11 to > 5:20, a 14% increase. It's worth the trouble. A separate subthread to preemptively answer the nay-sayers: I benchmarked it non-overclocked vs. overclocked with th

Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Nano Nano
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 01:11:04AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > xscreensaver-gl is the first to go. I really need to know: what sorts > of tasks could "just run by themselves" that would likely lead to heavy > CPU loads? (aside from the obvious like [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In my effort to be brief, I

CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Nano Nano
I've overclocked my 3.2Ghz to 3.68Ghz with proper but extremely loud CPU fan. [1]. My goal is to lever let my heatsink temp. exceed 53 celsius [2]. It idles at 36C. Ordinary load generates temps in the low 40s: disk and network load -> not much, bzipping tar etc. -> relatively more. Heavy l