This. So this! (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Sunday, December 06, 2015, 03:35 (3069 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Yeah, Processor Cycling was the very crude version of what our CPUs do today where they save energy by not running flat out. Now adays CPU can turn individual parts and pieces on and off in addition to ramping up their overall speed when needed. Back then in the G3 / G4 era the processor would literally drop its total speed from 400 or whatever mhz to 200 or whatever. It was mainly meant for Powerbooks to save battery power but for some reason that checkbox would show up on desktops too where it wasn't needed or welcome.

That... and it sucked at knowing when to scale things back. I think it might have even been based on user input (bumping the mouse, hitting keys) rather than application load which could cause things like games to bog down if you didn't press another key for a second or two.

Fun times! :)

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- Now THIS is Pod-racing! - Leviathan, 2015-12-05, 21:39
  - It's so wizard, Ani! - Funkmon, 2015-12-05, 21:51
    - ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) There's sand everywhere - INSANEdrive, 2015-12-05, 22:49
      - I don't like sand... - Ragashingo, 2015-12-05, 23:16
  - This. So this! - Oholiab, 2015-12-06, 02:33
    - This. So this! - Cody Miller, 2015-12-06, 02:41
      - This. So this! - Ragashingo, 2015-12-06, 03:35
        
        This. So this! - dogcow, 2015-12-07, 15:30
    - This. So this! - Monochron, 2015-12-06, 22:11
    - Is that the same as the one that was on N64? - cheapLEY, 2015-12-07, 18:10
- Anti-Microtransaction folks were dealt a lethal blow today. - Korny, 2015-12-05, 22:41
  - Anti-Microtransaction folks were dealt a lethal blow today. - cheapLEY, 2015-12-05, 23:39
    - Oh, boy, Raga is gonna love the JIP there - ZackDark, 2015-12-06, 02:00
      - Heh. Can't wait to spawn as the leader crosses the line... - Ragashingo, 2015-12-06, 02:41
  - Maybe. - Funkmon, 2015-12-06, 00:02
  - But not really - Avateur, 2015-12-06, 03:31
    - Not a bad trade then :p - Ragashingo, 2015-12-06, 03:37
      - :D - Avateur, 2015-12-06, 03:38
- The part with the streamers was so groan worthy - kidtsunami, 2015-12-06, 16:37
  - The part with the streamers was so groan worthy - Korny, 2015-12-07, 01:47
    - The part with the streamers was so groan worthy - ZackDark, 2015-12-07, 01:58
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    - The part with the streamers was so groan worthy - Speedracer513, 2015-12-07, 14:53
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  - The part with the streamers was so groan worthy - Kermit, 2015-12-07, 16:09
    - The part with the streamers was so groan worthy - Funkmon, 2015-12-07, 16:46
      - The part with the streamers was so groan worthy - Kermit, 2015-12-07, 17:23
        
        The part with the streamers was so groan worthy - cheapLEY, 2015-12-07, 18:06

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