[ut2004] Tweaking Linux for playing games

[Rick B]

John Nilsson wrote:

>On tis, 2004-08-17 at 18:52, Mark Ivey wrote:
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>>I thought lower numbers were higher priority.  Wouldn't you want "nice
>>-n -19 ut2004"?
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>This is a rather complex issue, some housekeeping processes are needed
>to keep things smooth, swapping and stuff. CPU isn't the bottleneck in
>most systems, I/O speed is.
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>-John
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    I have tried "niceing" to a higher priority like "-19" but it causes 
problems. Thats why I was so surprised that niceing the game to a lower 
priority seemed to make the game run a little smoother. I can see that 
this is indeed a "complex issue".

                Rick B