J.Milord
Recruit
Hi!
I thought I could post here some useful tips how to make Pc faster for gaming. I have tryed all these my self and I haven't had any unexpected problems. Actually there have been fewer problems
So lets begin with Windows. Some of these might only work with Xp.
1. Click Start, click Run, type msconfig in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. On the General tab, click Selective Startup.
3. Under Selective Startup, click to clear the following check boxes:
• Process SYSTEM.INI File
• Process WIN.INI File
While you're there, you might want to go to the startup tab and uncheck everything you don't need starting up with windows. Not only will it save system resources, but it'll speed up your boot times too
Those two files contain support for older 16-bit programs. Normally you don't need them so you can disable them.
And while being in the msconfig disable all useless programs. They can rob good deal of memory.
Registry healers can also speed things up abit. My favorite is regsupreme (it has time trial)
Remember messing with registry can be lethal for windows so if you don't know what you'r doing don't do it at all.
You can back up your registry before doing anything via regedit, just make sure you can boot to a command prompt or the XP recovery console to restore it
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_remove_hotfix_backup.zip
Link contains a program by Doung Knox. You can aquire some free disk space with it.
More information: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/can_i_delete_the_contents_of_windows_ntuninstall.html
When you have done with Windows it's time for BIOS stripping.
Disable Video and bios catching for better stability and performance.
Depends on your card and BIOS. On some machines this can actually degrade performance
Disable old COM and printer ports for better performance (Reduces CPU's workload.)
More information: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/04/bios_from_a_to_z/
Thats all! I hope your computer won't explode if you try these
We know who to blame if it does Been working on an optimisation sticky, but probably won't put it up till we move to the new board format. Nonetheless, should help those with slower machines get an extra few FPS - Archonsod
I thought I could post here some useful tips how to make Pc faster for gaming. I have tryed all these my self and I haven't had any unexpected problems. Actually there have been fewer problems
So lets begin with Windows. Some of these might only work with Xp.
1. Click Start, click Run, type msconfig in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. On the General tab, click Selective Startup.
3. Under Selective Startup, click to clear the following check boxes:
• Process SYSTEM.INI File
• Process WIN.INI File
While you're there, you might want to go to the startup tab and uncheck everything you don't need starting up with windows. Not only will it save system resources, but it'll speed up your boot times too
Those two files contain support for older 16-bit programs. Normally you don't need them so you can disable them.
And while being in the msconfig disable all useless programs. They can rob good deal of memory.
Registry healers can also speed things up abit. My favorite is regsupreme (it has time trial
)Remember messing with registry can be lethal for windows so if you don't know what you'r doing don't do it at all.
You can back up your registry before doing anything via regedit, just make sure you can boot to a command prompt or the XP recovery console to restore it
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_remove_hotfix_backup.zip
Link contains a program by Doung Knox. You can aquire some free disk space with it.
More information: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/can_i_delete_the_contents_of_windows_ntuninstall.html
When you have done with Windows it's time for BIOS stripping.
Disable Video and bios catching for better stability and performance.
Depends on your card and BIOS. On some machines this can actually degrade performance
Disable old COM and printer ports for better performance (Reduces CPU's workload.)
More information: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/04/bios_from_a_to_z/
Thats all! I hope your computer won't explode if you try these
We know who to blame if it does
Been working on an optimisation sticky, but probably won't put it up till we move to the new board format. Nonetheless, should help those with slower machines get an extra few FPS - Archonsod
