Windows 10 - Anyone setting their interface process as "realtime"?

Illadelph · Dec 9, 2020

I read that realtime processes can be dangerous and you should stick to high, is that true?

guy on stackoverflow says:

Simply, the "Real Time" priority class is higher than "High" priority class. I don't think there's much more to it than that. Oh yeah - you have to have the SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege to put a thread into the Real Time class.

Windows will sometimes boost the priority of a thread for various reasons, but it won't boost the priority of a thread into another priority class. It also won't boost the priority of threads in the real-time priority class. So a High priority thread won't get any automatic temporary boost into the Real Time priority class.

Note that there's absolutely no problem with a thread having a Real-time priority on a normal Windows system - they aren't necessarily for special processes running on dedicatd machines. I imagine that multimedia drivers and/or processes might need threads with a real-time priority. However, such a thread should not require much CPU - it should be blocking most of the time in order for normal system events to get processing.
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I want my audio interface driver to run "realtime"
and my DAW app to run "High"
Is this dangerous or is "dangerous" bullshit?.. does it not make a shred of difference to performance? (Unlikely)

I dont run any networking/wifi/antivirus/firewall/camera etc, its audio only

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Illadelph · Dec 9, 2020

another dude says:

Yes, realtime threads are appropriate if you have a thread that doesn't have much to do but needs to experience good response times.
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sounds perfect.

Illadelph · Dec 22, 2020

Alex Smith said: ↑

Have you found the solution? I think that it is better to use any antivirus, I wonder is McAfee livesafe any good for such a need? Have read a lot about this soft at https://antivirus-review.com/mcafee-review but have not used it yet. what can you say?
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Yes, I am confident in my settings they are working well, i was looking for some genius to give me some rare piece of specialist info on the topic.

Your response has nothing to do with the subject matter, are you a bot? thanks for being the first and only reply tho

bluerover · Dec 22, 2020

Good question. Maybe this will help.

https://forums.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=202092

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