need a priority setting(nice) for launching games

steamopen Feature Requestreviewed

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#3201 · opened 2014-03-11 by cjwijtmans · updated 2014-03-25 · 2 comments · github

Ccjwijtmans 2014-03-11 github

Some games are CPU heavy (like NS2) and i have to set nice to 19 otherwise the performance sometimes even halves. Doing it manually is just a pain in the ass and it would be nice to have a setting for it and make steam do it automatically.

Oorigintopleft 2014-03-24 github

I thought higher nice values meant lower CPU priority?

Ccjwijtmans 2014-03-25 github

You thought correct, i made a mistake when posting this thread.

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On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 7:21 PM, lavacano201014 [email protected]:

I thought higher nice values meant lower CPU priority?

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