Should we optimize slices of CPU time?

[Stalker]

Walking around possible SYSTEM.INI settings, MinTimeSlice parameter came to light. It's default value is 20, valued in milliseconds. For an old 386-16 processor it was probably a good value, but what about modern ones? Unfortunately, I do not have WinStone to test various values of MinTimeSlice to find optimum one... Is there anybody curious to try? Parameter resides in [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI file. This applies only to Win95/98/9x operating system.

Anyway, setting MinTimeSlice to 1 together with REALTIME CPU priority I got smoother behavoiur of my 500MHz desktop... thanks to X-Setup tool.

 

[Guest]

I'd be curious to see some results.

 

[Stalker]

Setting I found important is CPU priority...
In win95/98/ME registry add it here:
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\BIOS]
"CPUPriority"=dword:00000000

Zero value gives maximum available CPU cycles to the foreground task. Value "CPUPriority"=dword:00000001 is also better than default, as I found it. Give it a try, but do not forget to reboot.