Do you guys do this when you play games or run a benchmark?

[KhoiFather]

I'm wondering if leaving my anti-virus, norton personal firewall, and AIM on will decrease performance while playing a game or running a benchmark? Do you guys leave it on or disable it?

 

[Quixfire]

Disable all but my personal firewall.

 

[Confused]

I leave all mine on when playing games.

I don't benchmark at all so that's a non-issue


Confused

 

[thenerdguy]

I have found that if I leave my Norton antivirous and firwall on i loose 3 to 4 fps in game. but loading times increase 10 to 30 seconds depending on the game.

 

[sandorski]

I leave them on.

 

[igowerf]

It's too much of a hassle. I just leave them on.

 

[EeyoreX]

I leave all mine on when playing games.

I don't benchmark at all so that's a non-issue

\Dan

 

[Davegod]

Disable when running a benchmark, just leave it as is for gaming. mIRC gets left on aswell, if its already running.

 

[Rottie]

They are right...disable everything when run benchmark will give you some increases but for playing games just leave them on will not hurt you

When I play Splinter Cell I leave Winfax Pro 10, NAV 2002, Trillian Pro, and Zone Alarm Pro 3 on