Effectiveness of Rain2.0?

[mosdef]

I was wondering if someone has either an example or a site I could go to which would present a system and the effect Rain has on it? Like temperature before and after Rain? Or any testimonials? Thanks!

-mosdef

 

[EmperorNero]

I don't have an exact temperature reading but rain works wonders for me. I have rain 2.0 on a compaq presario 4550 - yes, those piece of crap that barely has any airflow..in fact, the only fan in the whole minitower is on the cpu (K6 233) . If I've been running the comp for hours, even the outside of the case is extremely hot. after using rain, I can run it for 3+ hrs and it's still much cooler to the touch than running it for 1 hr w/out rain. secondly, I experienced much less crashes after my system was cooled down.

running w/ regular apps (word processing, IE, etc)...performance hit is barely noticeable. although running extensive programs/games will see a slowdown.

 

[darth maul]

I don't see a slow down, nore should you. What rain does is issue a halt command when ever there isn't anything for the processor to do, windows NT/2000 has this built in. What I do see is a drop in temps. Under load (Q3), my temps go up to about 36c on a celeron2 533oc840, which is the same temp that it would run at without rain. But when just surfing the temp drops to 30c. And on my celeron1 366oc550, there is an 8 degree difference, instead of just 6 on the c2.

No it doesn't make my systems any more or less stable, but it cuts power consumption, which cuts heat production, which cuts the air con bill (every so slightly), and it helps pro long the chips/and anything else in the computer that may be effected by heat/ie hardrives life (ever so slightly).

 

[sundarpn]

is rain effective with athlons.

i dont see much of a diff in temp.
i have an athlon 650 on abit ka7-100.

 

[Lark888]

I've used Rain2.0 on a number of Intel CPU's (Celerons, PII, PIII)and recommend it. However, Rain2.0 will not drop your temperatures when running 3D Gaming - it is not a substitute for good cooling. It does greatly reduce the temperatures (most readily seen with CPU Thermal Diode readout) for almost all other applications that don't take such intensive CPU activity. That will help the longevity of your chip and generally reduce the case heatload. Rain essentially tells the CPU to quit doing jumping-jacks when there is no useful work to do.

Lark