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Do you run Windows "adjusted for best performance"

Throwmeabone

Throwmeabone

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My techie friend showed me this. It does seem to make windows a bit faster on my system and look more hard core, : P . The only option I picked was to put shadows behind desktop icons. If you try it, you'll have to enable ClearType again by the way.
 
Yes, but depending on the mood and the system I will select the following:

[*]Smooth edges of screen fonts
[*]Drop shadows for icons
[*]Visual styles on windows
 
Originally posted by: John
Yes, but depending on the mood and the system I will select the following:

[*]Smooth edges of screen fonts
[*]Drop shadows for icons
[*]Visual styles on windows
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They are the same settings I use 😀
 
Hmm... maybe it's just me, but even with a custom theme and everything set otherwise to "Best Appearance", trying the "Best Performance" settings while opening multiple programs & running a high-cpu load, I couldn't see a difference... not even a placebo 😕

John, you specifically, have a *much* faster system than mine, though mine's decent enough to begin with... maybe when it comes to higher-end systems, there isn't much of a performance difference regardless? BTW, gorgeous setup you have there... do you keep your Boomstick next to it while you frag away in UT? 😉
 
And as for my opinion, which my post-wh0ring side conveniently forgot to post, I don't think I coud live without the cool shading on the drag/select rectangle in folders 😀
 
I can't live without my animated mouse pointers. An hourglass should rotate from time to time right? (hmmm...maybe I wouldn't have an hourglass if I wasn't using animated pointers though...interesting)
 
Originally posted by: evilsaint
Hmm... maybe it's just me, but even with a custom theme and everything set otherwise to "Best Appearance", trying the "Best Performance" settings while opening multiple programs & running a high-cpu load, I couldn't see a difference... not even a placebo 😕

John, you specifically, have a *much* faster system than mine, though mine's decent enough to begin with... maybe when it comes to higher-end systems, there isn't much of a performance difference regardless? BTW, gorgeous setup you have there... do you keep your Boomstick next to it while you frag away in UT? 😉
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I notice a much better performance when doing this on low-end systems. Menu's are a lot quicker and Windows snap into place.
 
I run at best appearance settings. Since there is no performance difference, I figure why not run it with the most appealing possible visual style. People who believe they see a difference are either running rediculously slow machines(sub 600mhz) or are under the influence of the placebo effect.
 
Originally posted by: dguy6789
I run at best appearance settings. Since there is no performance difference, I figure why not run it with the most appealing possible visual style. People who believe they see a difference are either running rediculously slow machines(sub 600mhz) or are under the influence of the placebo effect.
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:thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: kylebubp
I run best performance just because I can't stand the Fisher-Price look of XP.
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Man... five years and people still won't stop complaining about Luna.

You know, there are alternative color schemes available for Luna, not just the default blue. I can't imagine the silver theme would remind you of Fischer-Price toys.
 
Originally posted by: theman
Originally posted by: kylebubp
I run best performance just because I can't stand the Fisher-Price look of XP.
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i run windows 2000 for that very reason.
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That's like picking a car based on colors instead of features and performance.
 
running windows xp (computer specs below) made my computer lag so much. After it turn everything off (adjusted for best performance and switched to windows classic view) i saw a dramatic performance increse when doing everyday task
 
Originally posted by: evilsaint
And as for my opinion, which my post-wh0ring side conveniently forgot to post, I don't think I coud live without the cool shading on the drag/select rectangle in folders 😀
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Agreed.

I have a moderately powerful system (nothing extreme, but meet XPs system requirements by more than a bit)...I want to feel I'm using those resources for something other than games.

In the old P4 1.4Ghz I use at work I turn all the eye candy off, though. Otherwise it's quite sluggish. But if your machine can handle it, why not?

And as for XPs 'Fisher price' look...there are literally thousands of skins and costumizations around. XP can look quite sexy with the correct tools.
 
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