On 2011-03-09 (March, Wednesday) 19:16:46 ischou wrote: > Well, in the case of some games, doing what is essentially a "Control-S" > often will lock up the game or disconnect the game from the internet (if > that is the case). In some apps (like 3D rendering apps) I can start a > render, and minimize the window. The program is still doing the > computations, but my computer fan doesn't blow as low and the CPU load > seems to fall a bit. Most of these programs run great in Wine (just as > fast, if not faster than in XP), but the CPU usage seems higher. This all > could just be my imagination. Well, if you don't want to stop your program(s) then I give you answer to your original question: yes, minimizing Windows application under Wine (or even switching to another desktop without actually minimizing it) will reduce CPU usage in *some* cases. It depends on your application. For example, Metrader 4: when it is online and updating almost every second information on my screen it will obviously use CPU but if I go to another desktop, CPU usage will go down a bit. Do you have a problem with particular application?
