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Windows XP and gaming...

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chazdraves

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I'm looking (as everyone else) to smooth out gaming performance on my computer, and I wonder if anyone would mind sharing the things they do to improve gaming performance in Win. XP SP2? Defragging is simple enough, but what about some of the never-before-revealed secrets to upping framerate/playability?

Thanks in advance!
- Chaz
 
Kill all unnescesary services and background processes before gaming. That includes antivirus.

Overclock.
 
My game PC has no network access so I can use a stripped down XP install. I have no A/V not additional programs, pretty much anything extra is removed or disabled.
You can google for slipstream or bare-bones XP installs.

You can find some good info here:
http://www.msfn.org/
 
all the little registry tweaks and all that are going to maybe make up 1%performance increase. The best way to make windows/games faster is to get faster stuff or OC....
 
Agreed.

All that registry crap and XP "optimization" has never worked for me. Infact, I've found it's either a waste of time by being useless, or it decreases performance. Many claim it causes system instability too.

I've found old fashioned overclocking/bios tweaking and disabling all the eye candy are you best bets for performance. And keeping a system tool bar from being loaded with several useless programs running. And having the latest drivers.
 
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