Is there a way to reduce my computer power?

[MasterGod]

Is there a way I can make my computer not to use all its power, for example make it use half its CPU as Maximum cpu usage and choose how much ram to use and stuff like that?
Basicly I want to test my app on slower computers then mine and instead of running it on lots of computers I want to run it on mine with different configurations..

So, is that possible?

EDIT:
Ps: Maybe with a virtual machine?

[JP]

There are probably programs that you could download to do this for you, try download.com and search for something like CPU limiter?

I'm not sure but you may be able to go into the BIOS and 'underclock' your PC there maybe.

It's probably easy to limit your RAM at least, just pull out any extra memory in your motherboard leaving just one board in place.

Disclaimer: If you do this and you don't know what you're doing then don't blame me

[CuteAlien]

You can run other applications at the same time which do use up computing power. Same for memory. A simple application would for example be one that just runs a loop in which it reads/writes a lot of memory.

[MasterGod]

Disclaimer: If you do this and you don't know what you're doing then don't blame me

I wont , but I wont mess up with the BIOS either .

@CuteAlien - Good Idea!

Thanks guys.

[JP]

Here's a thread mentioning some programs that can limit your cpu speed.

A good use of it that they mention is to be able to play old games at sensible speeds!

CPU Limit and CPU Speed Adjusterlook like they could do the trick, you can simply set a percentage of the CPU for your application to use.