A common complaint with heterogenous CPUs such as Intel 12th+ generation is that sometimes threads will be inappropriately scheduled onto the efficient (E) cores. There are a number of ways to discourage or entirely prevent this behavior, and in this guide we’ll go through a few of them.
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The user creates rules telling the CPU Limiter which processes to act on, and when. When a process match exceeds a threshold, it is limited for the configured duration. Like other rules in Process Lasso, process matches can include wildcards and user names.
Read more Process Lasso 9.3 features our new CPU Limiter, increased precision of CPU use measurements, options menu categories, a refactored SmartTrim, better update notifications and more! CPU Limiter The CPU Limiter offers a graceful way to dynamically limit CPU utilization of an application when it exceeds a set threshold. It does this by temporarily constraining the […]
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Process Lasso v9.1 has been released! This new version offers several enhancements over the last v9.0 build and a new feature called the Instance Balancer. Instance Balancer Other Improvements Other product improvements include a better looking graph legend with numerical readings, smoother listview refreshes, bug fixes and a few areas of refactoring.
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TL;DR – Microsoft hacked in support for more than 64 logical CPU cores by adding ‘processor groups’. Unless an application is written to take advantage of multiple processor groups (group aware), its threads will be scheduled to only a single processor group. See our new groupextend project to enable group unaware apps to make full use […]
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Summary: Setting up Process Lasso is straightforward. Once installed, the ProBalance algorithm automatically starts enhancing system responsiveness during heavy loads. It’s uncommon for users to need to exclude processes from ProBalance because the algorithm is 1) very conservative and 2) typically does not slow down processes it affects unless there is significant CPU contention. However, […]
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Virtual memory ‘trimmers’ or RAM ‘cleaners’, whatever you want to call them, they’ve been a staple in the industry since the days of NT4. Almost all of these apps are best avoided! Most operate on the incorrect premise that you want more ‘free’ RAM. In fact, RAM should be as occupied as possible with commonly […]
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Please do not forget to check the ProBalance Options. I designed it to be as safe and conservative as possible, thus for some multimedia users you may need to uncheck the following: Ignore the foreground process Do not act on processes of non-normal priority These may inhibit the full might of ProBalance coming down on […]
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How do I tweak my PC for maximum performance? Today I will attempt to give a single answer so I’m not repeating myself so often. FIRST, you need to install Process Lasso or CPUBalance. Why either/or? Well, both provide the ProBalance algorithm that keeps background processes at-bay. Forget all other tweaking for the moment. You WANT […]
Read more Some may note we removed the language selection in v9. It now honors whatever your OS selection is. If you want to over-ride this, all you need to do is re-download and run the installer. Now, I will say we have had conflicting reports about the success of this, but presently see it as a […]
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