A few suggestions and reporting one incorrect behavior

[p0werb1t]

Hi,

I like to have good performance from my computer but with balanced power usage to achieve an efficient system with low heat and noise also.
I start using ParkControl sometime ago and I have love this little program and the fact it uses low resources for staying resident.

I registered also on this forum to make a few suggestions to this great utility (in order of importance):

1st. Dynamic Boost incorrectly switches the active power scheme/plan on IDLE use (supposedly to a more battery efficient plan) on Idle Timeout during a moderate or hight CPU utilization, thus removing performance when work is needed -> make the switch happen only if CPU utilization is less than a threshold (for exemple 5%).

2nd. Report CPU clock more correctly, accounting also for "Bus Clock"/BCLK differences from official/default settings when Overclocking/Underclocking:
     For example, my CPU is an 1st gen Intel Core i3 530 overclocked on air cooler:
     22 x 133 MHz = 2926 MHz = 2.93 GHz by default
     22 x 191 MHz = 4202 MHz = 4.20 GHz overclocked
     
     Improve also on showing CPU name/description:     
     Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU      530  @ 2.93GHz  ->  Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU      530 (2.93 GHz) @ 4.20 GHz 

3rd. Improve reporting some other info on window's right side:
     AC  ->  AC supply (plugged in);   DC  ->  DC suply (on battery)
     3 of 4 cores  ->  3 CPU cores active (1 core parked)

     I also give you this example translated to Portuguese (pt-PT) language, as strings positions sometimes changes when translating:
     AC  ->  Alimentação CA (ligado à tomada);   DC  ->  Alimentação CC (em bateria)
     3 de 4 núcleos  ->  3 núcleos do CPU ativos (1 núcleo parqueado)

4th. On Dynamic Boost configuration window, make more explicit:
     Disable when Battery Saver active -> Disable when Battery Saver plan/scheme is active.

5th. Use another background color, instead of the red, to warn parked cores on Windows's Tray icon, as red is normally associated to errors, failures or strong warnings (or strong heat). Use for example a darker orange or green color.

Again, thanks for your work.

[Jeremy Collake]

Thanks for these suggestions! I've created tickets for the ones we don't already have and will respond individually as they are addressed.

[p0werb1t]

Ok. Thanks for your attention.

[p0werb1t]

Hi, any news on this suggestions implementation?

[Jeremy Collake]

Not as of yet, but they are not forgotten about. The next ParkControl development cycle should come soon and we'll do what we can.

[p0werb1t]

I look forward to next version! Thanks