Miranda IM, meh I perfer Pidgin IM lol, but then again I like Xfire IM now, i mainly only use AIM and MSN and plus it has ingame :)
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Adrienspawn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, I noticed that a lot of people are getting drowned in all > the info so hopefully this can clear some of it up. If anyone has more > tweaks that aren't related to a specific game only, let us know in > here! > > Oh yeah, I hate getting links and I wrote this in 5 minutes, so use > GOOGLE! lol! > > 1) Maximum performance mode > > -Right-click the desktop, choose Graphic Properties. > - Then go to the Display Settings tab > - Click Power Settings > - Choose "Disable Power Savings" > - While you're still in the Intel window, maybe disable Hotkeys as you > probably don't use them, and that way it won't be waiting for it to be > pressed > > 2) 3D settings > > - Still in the Graphic Properties window, choose "3D Settings", a > button on the bottom. > - Change "Memory Footprint" to "High" > - Disable any texture compression if it's enabled, this slows it down > - Disable Anisotropic Filtering > - Disable Triple Buffering > - Leave Flipping Policy to "Flip" > > 3) Gamebooster > > Download Gamebooster if you haven't already (Google search, I'm lazy!) > Once you have it installed, to go the directory where you installed it > and open the text file, there you can edit which services it disables > and which ones it doesn't. I suggest adding some yourself, by looking > in your "Services" windows (search for it in the start menu. Any > services you don't need to run a game, add them in there, with the > "=1" after. Don't forget "Themes=1", at least for Windows 7. > > 4) Overclock > > 4a) While personally GMABooster doesn't seem to do anything for me, > and I hate the author for pretending it's freeware while locking it > after two weeks, it can't hurt. So run it just in case it helps at > some point. > > 4b) Overclock the CPU whatever way you can. If you're lucky enough to > be able to do it through the BIOS, or through modded BIOS for your PC/ > laptop/netbook, then I hate you, but do it because it's permanent and > more stable. If not, like the rest of us do it through an in-windows > overclocking utility. SetFSB seems to be the most common. You find the > "PLL" (Google!) for your computer, select it in the program, and then > you click "Get FSB", then you move the slider to the right and click > "Set FSB". There's more software like Eeectl for the EEE netbooks > specifically, and another for the Aspire One, etc. > > 5) Make sure you're in the highest performance mode in the battery > settings. > Once you select that highest mode, double-check in the advanced power > settings to see if the minimum CPU and maximum CPU clock are both > 100%. > > 6) Disable thermal throttling and the like if you can. Sometimes on > high usage the CPU will be throttled (slowed) automatically. So if you > have any power-saving related options in the BIOS, disable them. > Obviously check your temperatures to make sure they stay low. Use > programs like Core Temp and HWMonitor. Oh yeah, and Everest is the > best program ever for monitoring EVERYTHING. > > 7) Use 3DAnalyzer and fiddle around. Find which settings, by trial and > error, make the game run faster without making it look too bad. This > can take a long time, but it's worth it if you play that game a lot. > > 8) Monitor your FPS! Sometimes the game will have a built-in FPS > counter, and often it uses really minimal res resources so its great, > but its often ugly lol, so I use a program called FRAPS. > > > 9) Tweak Windows! Use programs like Ultimate Windows Tweaker, > EnhanceMySe7en (favourite), and a lot of online guides! This will make > it boot faster too, and faster overall > > 10) let me know what I missed! DISCUSS! YEEEAAAAAAHHHHH > > Random good programs: > > BMEM: an awesome program for monitoring your resource usage without > taking up any! I have it start at startup. I'd go into more detail > explaining it, but really everyone should use it so here's the link: > http://badmofo.org/bmem/ > > REVO Uninstaller: When you uninstall a program, it leaves some poopoo > behind, so use this program to uninstall things better! lol! > > Malwarebytes Anti-Malware: This is the only anti-bad stuff program I > use. It's not realtime so it wont slow you system down. Just do a scan > every once in a while. > > CrystalCPUID: WIth this you can edit your CPU voltage, which is good > to put it lower to save battery life. Although if you are > overclocking, leave it at the default. You can see a lot of other info > in this program too, as well as a nice realtime onscreen-display of > the clock speed. > > Miranda IM: A good free instant mesaging program that uses very little > resources > > Speedbit Video Accelerator: speeds up the buffering of online flash > videos > > > Alright, so anyone else have anything useful to add, questions, ideas, > etc? > > -- > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Espionage724 Has A Signature... -- INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
