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On 6 Nov 1998, Cory Kempf wrote:

> If I run xgalaga (a game), which is being run at nice=5 for some
> reason (not sure why, haven't looked into it),  It doesn't seem to be
> getting enough CPU time.
> 
> Play is jerky and slow.

I find that X games play best if I renice both the X server and the game
to a negative value.


 Ben

"You have your mind on computers, it seems." 


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