Does Setcpu really work?

[ayryyn]

As the topic states, does Setcpu actually work? I am asking this because I tend to see more "stuttering" when it is enabled versus when it is not. For example, playing the game Guns 'n' Glory with Setcpu uninstalled, I see an occasional slowdown, but with Setcpu enabled, the game slows so much that it is almost unplayable.
Any suggestions to resolve this?

[Edit] I have two profiles. One is for when the phone is in use. This one has the sliders all the way to the left and right, respectively. It is also set to the ondemand scaling. The other is when the phone is asleep. Both sliders are set to the minimum with ondemand scaling. Any help?

[TheBundo]

Sounds like it's in your settings, though I haven't used it with 2.2. Also, I don't play games, but on 2.1, I found it generally well behaved

[subzero1313]

Definitely the settings. I just started digging into SetCPU and using profiles my battery life has gone from 6 hours on a full charge to right now Im at 90%, 3 hours since last unplug. No stuttering, no problems at all

[cluenino]

Originally Posted by subzero1313

Definitely the settings. I just started digging into SetCPU and using profiles my battery life has gone from 6 hours on a full charge to right now Im at 90%, 3 hours since last unplug. No stuttering, no problems at all

Will you share you're settings?

[dallas contractor]

You may have CPU set too high or low when game is played.

[PropagandaX]

I am not sure, right now I am running without and cant say I really notice much difference.

[Curb71]

Kind of petty but what I didn't like about it is having its icon in the top left corner. Anyway to not let it do that?

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[youngblack]

Originally Posted by Curb71

Kind of petty but what I didn't like about it is having its icon in the top left corner. Anyway to not let it do that?

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What's really happening is that the processor namely snap snail in evo isn't really what's played out to be. the thought that it be competitive to other 1ghz processors in the same band turns out to be one of the biggest hype and an embarrassment of it's kind. Check out the hummingbird processor it's made by chinese lol htc is twain without the brains lol ever since it became popular with it's touch slow 1 and and the htc touch slow 2. lol trust me man I owned these phones especially the diamond in the past so my experience COUNTS...lol good luck.

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[bradart]

Originally Posted by youngblack

What's really happening is that the processor namely snap snail in evo isn't really what's played out to be. the thought that it be competitive to other 1ghz processors in the same band turns out to be one of the biggest hype and an embarrassment of it's kind. Check out the hummingbird processor it's made by chinese lol htc is twain without the brains lol ever since it became popular with it's touch slow 1 and and the htc touch slow 2. lol trust me man I owned these phones especially the diamond in the past so my experience COUNTS...lol good luck.

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A couple of things here...

I've owned these phones as well (tp, diamond, hero, and evo) and I never really had any problems. There was never an issue that wasn't my own fault.

Snapdragon is not only competitive with other processors but, in my experience (Having used an Epic for 2 weeks and a Fascinate for a 3 weeks), performs much more consistently. The hummingbird was awesome when it was awesome, but there would be large hiccups where the system would totally lock for what I considered to be a frustratingly long amount of time.

I guarantee that I have more phones on my computer desk right now then you have ever owned and have had way more phones than that in my hands for 1+ weeks at a time in the past year, so my opinion COUNTS MORE by your logic. There is not a single phone that i would give my Evo up for.

Also, and this is kind of a side note; I think your post may have been racist. That thing about the Taiwanese and Chinese was not only irrelevant, but threw any shred of the shadow of pathetic credibility your post had straight out the window. Your lack of ability to convey thought through writing (referring to your horrible grammar and punctuation) should have signaled me to stop reading right at your first sentence, but I chose to give you the benefit of the doubt. It was a bad decision on my part and I assure you I will not make it again. Aside from being tangentially related to a distant echo of the original post, your post doesn't belong here.

More on topic, SetCPU, in my experience, works famously for giving my Evo a little cpu boost (speed below 1119) when I need it to. The biggest reason I have it installed, though, is to underclock my processor. When my battery is taking a beating, I dial it down to 720 max (Ah, the HTC Hero) and I can squeeze out a good amount more time. It seems that every Evo has a CPU "personality" and they all have different amounts of overclocking that they can handle. You may be clocking it too high and causing mild instability. Also, the scheduler, be it BFS or CFS, may not be playing nicely with your phone. I usually do CFS, but other users with set ups almost identical to my own have great luck with BFS kernels. Playing around and trying new configurations is the only way to know what works for you. Hope that helps.

[youngblack]

Oops...double post.my bad.

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