Looking for a tool that can slow down my machine
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Vista? Hey, you guys were thinking it, I just said it. :-D
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
Well, i think VMWare is gonna be the best, and most realistic option for seeing how stuff runs on a cra- slower machine. But you could always write up a simple program to suck up some RAM, and have a loop to use up the processor. Using up the RAM should accurately reflect have a small amount of RAM, using a loop to use up the processor... well, maybe not so accurate. And of course there's alot of other thing that affect performance.
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-SK Genius
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
Those utilities used for "overclocking" your uP probably can be employed to under clock it as well, slowing down your machine.
MrPlankton
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Well, i think VMWare is gonna be the best, and most realistic option for seeing how stuff runs on a cra- slower machine. But you could always write up a simple program to suck up some RAM, and have a loop to use up the processor. Using up the RAM should accurately reflect have a small amount of RAM, using a loop to use up the processor... well, maybe not so accurate. And of course there's alot of other thing that affect performance.
My current favourite word is: Bacon!
-SK Genius
Geez, if slow is what you want, you need Virtual PC, not VMWare. (I'm being serious here...)
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Geez, if slow is what you want, you need Virtual PC, not VMWare. (I'm being serious here...)
Meh, same kinda thing really.
My current favourite word is: Bacon!
-SK Genius
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
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Those utilities used for "overclocking" your uP probably can be employed to under clock it as well, slowing down your machine.
MrPlankton
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
Install Lotus Notes and Symantec Antivirus, like the corporate IT bozos require where I work :|.
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
You may have to write something yourself. How about an application launcher where you create one thread that burns CPU cycles and another thread from which you launch your application? You'll probably have to play with the priorities for both threads a little to get it right.
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
My question is why would you want to do that? I'v never had to do something like that so I'm curious of the reasoning.
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Those utilities used for "overclocking" your uP probably can be employed to under clock it as well, slowing down your machine.
MrPlankton
Unless you have a custom built PC probably not. OEM hardware generally doesn't support any of that sort of fiddling. If you do have mobo support for it though, slashing the bus speed and CPU multiplier will work well.
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My question is why would you want to do that? I'v never had to do something like that so I'm curious of the reasoning.
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Debugging a kind of race condition, only the condition isn't between threads in the same application, but between program's with a fairly complex IPC method (Windows Service's & TCP). If I can slow one program down, I'll be able to debug through the issue to find the root cause. Well, that's the theory anyway :~
- Dy
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My question is why would you want to do that? I'v never had to do something like that so I'm curious of the reasoning.
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leckey wrote:
My question is why would you want to do that? I'v never had to do something like that so I'm curious of the reasoning.
Client requirement: Must run on a p3-1000 class machine. If you can throttling is much easier than scrounging an old box. While the light at the end of the tunnel is finally visible, I have a p3-450 box with NT4 sitting on my desk for occasional testing.
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always got punched out when I reached 4.... -- El Corazon
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
To slow the machine down - install Vista. To slow an app down - install it on your shiny new Vista installation.
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I have found one of those via google, and will use it if I can't see anything else, but really I'm looking for something that can slow down just one application
- Dy
maybe right click the application in taskmanager and select 'low' priority, don't know if that will help much.
MrPlankton
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
Synmantec Antivirus
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Can anyone recommend a debugging tool that can slow down my machine? Or even better, one that could slow down a single application?
- Dy
A better option is to get an old system off eBay or a neighbor. Simply slowing the CPU clock doesn't mimic that the entire hardware is slower. Moreover, slower, older systems tend to have less memory--I have one such beast in my kitchen that we use for web surfing, word processing and light weight games.
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