From 862ad96ee399bbdca164af36eb9a219b3cdc12c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Campagnaro Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 21:08:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update windows readme --- aliases | 4 ++-- windows/readme.md | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/aliases b/aliases index 06b2a9d..61786b2 100644 --- a/aliases +++ b/aliases @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ alias dot='cd ~/.dotfiles' alias duh='du -csh' alias exp='explorer .' alias f='fg' -alias grep='grep --color=auto --exclude=tags ' +alias grep='grep --color=auto --exclude=tags -n ' alias hist='history' alias histroy='history' alias irb='irb --readline -r irb/completion' @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ alias tw-60-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080p60" 0 25' alias tw-60-shortname='dl_twitch_vid "1080p60" 1 0' alias tw-60-shortname-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080p60" 1 25' -alias tw-720='dl_twitch_vid "720p-1" 0 0' +alias tw-720='dl_twitch_vid "720p" 0 0' alias tw-720-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "720p-1" 0 25' alias tw-720-shortname='dl_twitch_vid "720p-1" 1 0' alias tw-720-60='dl_twitch_vid "720p60" 0 0' diff --git a/windows/readme.md b/windows/readme.md index b30e73c..86c707e 100644 --- a/windows/readme.md +++ b/windows/readme.md @@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ * Double-click the `Turn off Power Throttling` policy. * Select Enabled. +* Enable ultimate power plan (alternatively make a new plan and set the min/max processor speed to 100%) + * Open cmd as admin, run `powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61` + * Can now select the ultimate power plan in power options. + +* Create a power plan for software benchmarking + * This will disable turbo boost and general lock the frequency to base-ish clock. This can help + keep cpu temps stable (hot temps affect clock) and it avoids variable clock changes. + * AFAIK this only works for Intel CPUs; not sure how to do the same thing on AMD. + * In the power plan set the processor min/max speed to 99%. + * Optional: disable Windows Defender real-time protection: * This can speed up compilation times since Defender will scan every file written to disk. I was able to shave off ~2-5 seconds in a particular project.