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Old Oct 13, 2009, 12:46 PM   #1
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would WCG put enough stress on my pc to make 720P videos play slowly?
i can play roughly 3 720p videos smoothly at the same time with 2 firefox windows having 5+- tabs each.
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Old Oct 13, 2009, 12:53 PM   #2
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would WCG put enough stress on my pc to make 720P videos play slowly?
i can play roughly 3 720p videos smoothly at the same time with 2 firefox windows having 5+- tabs each.
It can slow things down somewhat. What I do is leave BOINC at 100% unless I'm playing a game or watching a video. Then I put it down to 60-70%, which fixes the problem.
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oh snap so you can change how hard it works. well that solves my problem thanks.
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Yep, when I'm gaming I set it down to 80%, 20% of my quad is still enough for games
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oh snap so you can change how hard it works. well that solves my problem thanks.
In the BOINC interface, go under preferences. You can change it there.
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