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Le Roi
28th January 2013, 07:41 PM
Boosting Your Computer!


Step One; Boost your PC startup speed.

You can set the number of Processors and memory for booting in msconfig.

Type msconfig in the 'Search for programs and files' bar at the bottom of the start menu. Go to the 'Boot' tab. Click advanced options.
Under 'Number of Processors', tick the box, and in the drop-down menu, choose the maximum number you have (I got an Dual Core so it's 2 for me, newer PCs got 4 -obviously, you can only select it if you have a dual-core/quad-core).

Make sure 'Maximum Memory' is unticked so Windows uses the maximum there is without limitations.

Here's a picture guide:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/Nanobreaker91/msconfig.jpg



Step Two; Reduce Boot Timeout.

If you only have one single Windows 7 installation on your PC, you can easily speed up the boot time by changing the boot timeout to 0 or a low value like 1. Here’s how.

By default, the Windows 7 boot manager is starting the “default” operating system after 30 seconds without keyboard input. If you change this value to 0, it will automatically start the default system without giving you a choice to select an entry. This is useful if you have only 1 OS, but even if you have multiple OS’s (multi-boot) you can take advantage of this. Simply change the default boot entry to your most commonly used OS and change the boot timeout to 1, so that you can still change the selection by simply hitting a key on boot up continuously.

1. Open an elevated command prompt (Type cmd in the 'Search for programs and files' bar at the bottom of the start menu, right-click and choose run as Administrator)

2. Enter bcdedit /timeout 0 (replace 0 with the number of seconds that you want the boot selection screen to appear before the default entry is used)
http://cdn.windows7themes.net/pics/change-windows-7-boot-timeout.jpg

Restart after finished!


Step Three; Enable NOGUI Boot.

Speed Up Boot Time via MsConfig.exe – Enable NOGUI Boot

As in Part 1, click on Start and enter msconfig.exe into search field, and go to the tab “Boot”.

Now Check the option “No GUI Boot”

Remember when you change the timeout to 3 seconds and you dual-boot Windows 7, then you will only have 3 seconds to pick another OS. The timer will stop when you hit a key, so 3 seconds is still a “safe” setting. That’s why you shouldn’t hack this value and change it to “0″.

How will NOGUI speed up my boot time?

NOGUI stands for No Graphical User Interface and that basically means that there will be NO boot screen animation. The Windows Animation will simply not appear.

So, to speed up your Windows 7 boot time, you can simply deactivate the GUI and your boot time will decrease by 5-6 seconds.
It’s not a lot, but if you apply some other tweaks it will all add up and you can perfectly optimize your boot time.
http://cdn.windows7themes.net/pics/speed-up-windows-7-boot-time-nogui.jpg

Restart after finished!


Step Four; Increase via VM (NON SSD!)

DO NOT USE THIS PART IF YOU HAVE AN SSD HARD DISK!!

Here is a way to increase the Virtual memory or Page file on your Windows 7 Computer :

-Go to Control Panel>System
-Click on Advanced System Setting on the left tab
-In the Performance Tab click on Settings
-Again click on Advanced > click on Change in the Virtual Memory section
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/Nanobreaker91/vmemory1.jpg
Now we're going to increase your virtual memory to increase your PC speed especially on heavy tasks. You should now have this window open:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/Nanobreaker91/vmemory2.jpg
Untick "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives"

Underneath there's a list of all the drives you got, C, D... I have only 1 partition so I only got C. You can split your vmem over several drives if you wish to divide the space. Remember to check the empty drive space in each drive before you set anything. NOTE: It is best NOT leave VMEM on your boot drive (C) altogether, if other harddisks are present. So preferably choose D/E/F or whatever else. (thanks to figgerace for that tip!)

Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.

Check the Recommended value at the bottom. That should be your starting point for your virtual memory.

If you have enough disk space, and you like to be generous (like me) you should set it your virtual mem in increments of gigabytes (x1024mb). I suggest you use 2gb over the recommended value for the maximum. You can set more if you're generous but remember it's your disk space you're taking away.

Use a calculator to multiply 4x1024=4096MB! Dont just set round values (1000).

For example, you have Recommend: 4096MB
Set Initial: 4096MB
Maximum: 6138MB
Click SET

The Maximum size shouldn't be over 3 times the amount of RAM installed on your computer.



Step Five; Auslogics Boostspeed (NON SSD!)

I've been using this program for over 5years now and it's proven to be the BEST Windows-booster there is.

Here's the latest version (pre-activated, virus-free, just install and run!). My own upload. UPDATED!!

http://www27.zippyshare.com/d/33574747/136798/Auslogics%20BoostSpeed%205.5.0.0%20%28TimC0de%29.z ip
===Copy the Crack File aushelper.dll to the Auslogics install directory (C:\Program Files\Auslogics\Auslogics BoostSpeed or C:\Program Files (x86)\Auslogics\Auslogics BoostSpeed for 64 systems)===
There's a list of all tasks/sub-programs you can run here. I'll make a guide to the most important ones. There's also 4 tabs on top. Make sure you click around to check out what the program has to offer (dont mess up things!).

Let's do this!
Optimize your PC's Services
First go to the "System Advisor" tab on top.
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/Nanobreaker91/boost1.jpg
You'll have a scan running for all the unnecessary services that can be disabled. There's a description for each. Disable almost everything except indexing service and any other you might use.

Then go back to the "Advanced Tools" tab. Under System Tweaks, choose "Optimize Services". On new windows choose "Home Computer with Networking" and confirm.

Under Software Control choose Startup Programs. This shows a list of all running programs/services that start when your PC boots. The more, the slower. It's usually safe to disable non-windows programs, even Office and such. You can re-enable them if you turned off smthn you needed. You can always restart and test! Use common sense and experimentation

DO NOT DEFRAG YOU SSD DRIVE!
Under Disk Maintenance choose Defragment. It'll open up a new window showing all your Hard Disks (including external HDD and Flash USB if connected and SD/memory cards).
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/Nanobreaker91/defrag.jpg
Click on Analyze to see if your HDD needs to be defragmented (red boxes).
You can run either a normal defragmentation or a defragmentation+optimization (moves windows boot-up sectors for faster startup). Use the option you want depending on your need.

PS: It takes TIME and RESOURCES to defragment your HDD. I recommend you do it when your PC is idle or you have some free time. Dont use many programs while running it cuz it'll slow down your PC!

Under Disk Maintenance choose "Repair disk" to scan for errors on your HDD. If your PC seems to freeze it's normal. Wait till it finishes.

Run it and then solve the problems! :D

Go back Registry Maintenance select Defragment.
Click analyze, wait for the result, schedule a defrag when you boot up your PC next time (dont freak out when it does it lol).

Reboot when done!

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/Nanobreaker91/reg.jpg
Under Disk Maintenance choose Cleanup.
Tick those boxes:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/Nanobreaker91/clean.jpg
Run and solve the problems to clean up junk!

-Type cmd in the 'Disk Cleanup' bar at the bottom of the start menu, right-click and choose run as Administrator). It'll run a scan and you can choose to delete junk files.

Follow this guide to remove Shadow Copy and old restore points:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/Nanobreaker91/cleaunp.jpg

Under Software Control you have Installed Software. Open it to check all the programs you have installed, sorted by name, size, time of installation, last used...You can also Ctrl+F to find them fast. Remove old/unused/uneeded programs to free up space!

After you've done all this:
Now you only have to do a routine check-up every two weeks or so. You can use the "System Scan" tab to perform most actions for you. Remember to defragment+optimize once a month at least!

A small tip: Under Settings (top bar) > Advanced > Check all the boxes.



Step Five; Optimize Graphic Performance

In start menu search box, type 'dxdiag' and open it. Alternatively, press windows button+R to launch the 'RUN' command and type in 'dxdiag' you'll see a window like this:
http://www.vistax64.com/attachments/vista-hardware-devices/8029-dxdiag-reporting-3g-ram-instead-4g-dxdiag.jpg
In the bottom there's the DirectX version you currently have (here it's DirectX10)

Go to the top bar, find 'DISPLAY' (it's the second tab) and you'll find all the info you need about your GPU!

Gamers take note: Windows 7 includes a new version of DirectX, the software behind the eye-popping 3-D visuals and immersive sound effects found in many of today's PC games.

DirectX 11 includes numerous improvements. It's designed to be more efficient, leverage the power of today's multi-core processors, and provide support for sophisticated shading and texturing techniques such as tessellation. The result: smoother 3-D animation, and graphics more lifelike and nuanced than ever before.

Get latest version here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=35
UPDATE YOUR DISPLAY DRIVER! Simple and obvious, but many miss it!

For NVIDIA Drivers:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
Get NVIDIA AGEIA PHYSX
What's this?
From Wiki:
Video games supporting hardware acceleration by PhysX can be accelerated by either a PhysX PPU or a CUDA-enabled GeForce GPU (if it has at least 32 CUDA cores), thus offloading physics calculations from the CPU, allowing it to perform other tasks instead. This typically results in a smoother gaming experience and additional visual effects.

Middleware physics engines allow game developers to avoid writing their own code to handle the complex physics interactions possible in modern games. PhysX has provided physical simulation for more than 300 games.
Short version: Makes your gaming faster/smoother with better graphics and faster gameplay. WIN-WIN!

Is my card supported?
NVIDIA PhysX acceleration is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series, 100-series, 200-series, 300-series, 400-series, 500-series, and 600-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory. For a full list see here:
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/physx/supported-gpus
Sounds interesting, which games support this?
Here's a list of the most famous games which are improved using Physx. It also has an impact on everyday GPU-usage.
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/physx/pc-games
FAQ(READ FIRST)

What is a physics processor?

The original AGEIA physics processing unit (PPU) is purpose-built to meet the unique requirements of physics algorithms. These represent an environment that's much different than a general purpose CPU.

NVIDIA CUDA-enabled GPUs accerlate NVIDIA PhysX to deliver even more physics processing power.

What is physics for gaming?

In gaming, physics is all about how objects in your game move and react to the environment around them. In many of today's games, objects just don't seem to act the way you'd want or expect them to in real life. Currently, most of the action is limited to pre-scripted or 'canned' animations triggered by in-game events like a gun shot striking a wall. Even the most powerful weapons can leave little more than a smudge on the thinnest of walls; and every opponent you take out falls in the same pre-determined fashion. Players are left with a game that looks fine, but is missing the sense of realism necessary to make the experience truly immersive.

What is the AGEIA PhysX Processor?

The AGEIA PhysX Processor is the first dedicated hardware accelerator for PC games that enables dynamic motion and interaction for a totally new gaming experience. It's available from leading system and add-in card makers today.

NVIDIA acquired AGEIA Technologies in early 2008 and continues to evolve the entire PhysX platform from both a software and hardware perspective.

What is the AGEIA PhysX Accelerator?

The AGEIA PhysX Accelerator is an add-in card based on the PhysX processor. It enables enhanced physics in games that have been designed to support hardware-accelerated PhysX.

Which graphics cards can accelerate NVIDIA PhysX?

All GeForce 8 series graphics cards and above with at least 256MB of local onboard graphics memory and at least 32 cores will be able to accelerate NVIDIA PhysX. If you intend to use an NVIDIA supported graphics card as a dedicated Physx card, the other graphics cards in the system must also use an NVIDIA GPU.

Will running PhysX on a GPU slow down gaming performance?

Running physics on the GPU is typically significantly faster than running physics on the CPU, so overall game performance is improved and frame rates can be much faster. However, adding physics can also impact performance in much the same way that anti-aliasing impacts performance. Gamers always enable AA modes if they can because AA makes the game look better. Gamers will similarly enable physics on their GPUs so long as frame rates remain playable. With AA enabled, running physics on a GPU will generally be much faster than running physics on a CPU when AA is enabled. PhysX running on a dedicated GPU allows offloading the PhysX processing from the GPU used for standard graphics rendering, resulting in an optimal usage of processing capabilities in a system.

Can I run NVIDIA PhysX on my motherboard GPU?

NVIDIA PhysX API uses the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) to process the physics environment calculations in games and applications which support NVIDIA's Physx. Physics calculations can be very complex and therefore as a system requirement, a GPU must feature 256MB of dedicated local video memory, support NVIDIA's CUDA technology and also have 32 cores or higher. If an NVIDIA motherboard GPU or a NVIDIA graphics card does not meet these requirements, you will not be able to use the GPU to process NVIDIA Physx calculations.

Does PhysX scale across the GPU and CPU? If yes, does that mean having a faster CPU enhances PhysX performance or visual quality?

PhysX uses both the CPU and GPU, but generally the most computationally intensive operations are done on the GPU. A CPU upgrade could result in some performance improvement, as would a GPU upgrade, but the relative improvement is very dependent on the initial balance of the system. An optimized PC with the right mix of CPU to GPU horsepower will be the best balanced solution.

Intel and AMD say it’s better to run physics on the CPU. What is NVIDIA’s position?

PhysX runs faster and will deliver more realism by running on the GPU. Running PhysX on a mid-to-high-end GeForce GPU will enable 10-20 times more effects and visual fidelity than physics running on a high-end CPU. Portions of PhysX processing actually run on both the CPU and GPU, leveraging the best of both architectures to deliver the best experience to the user. More importantly, PhysX can scale with the GPU hardware inside your PC. Intel and AMD solutions, which utilize the Havok API, are fixed function only and cannot scale.

How does PhysX support heterogeneous computing?

PhysX shows how heterogeneous computing delivers the best user experience. While the game is running, the PhysX system executes portions of the physical simulation on the CPU and other portions on the parallel processors of the GPU. This ensures all the components of a balanced PC are used efficiently to deliver the best experience.


I WANT! WHERE DO I GET IT?
Simple, go here and download it:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.12.0213-driver.html
Install, restart your PC and all should be better!

ATI GPU

UPDATE YOUR DISPLAY DRIVER! Simple and obvious, but many miss it!
ATI GPU Drivers:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

Optimize your External HDD/Flash Drives! (NON SSD!)
You can make faster file transfers on your HDD/USB/FlashDrives/others by enabling “Write caching”.

When you enable this option, the devices will provide the highest possible performance and that you intend to remove from the system infrequently. If you choose this option and the device is disconnected from the system before all of the data is written to it (such as if you remove a USB flash drive), you could lose data.
If the power supplied to the device fails for any reason (be it disconnect without removing from system first) any data still in the cache (that the computer system believes is safely stored) could be lost.

So, how do you do this?

Go to Start –> Control Panel. In the search box, type Device Manager. Open Device Manager. Expand Disk drives –> Right click the drive name and click on Properties. Click Policies page and uncheck Write-caching policy. Repeat this for ALL your Hard Disks, Flash, and others.

Here's a picture-tutorial I made:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/Nanobreaker91/enablecache.jpg
ALWAYS REMOVE YOUR HDD/FLASHDRIVE SAFELY FROM THE SYSTEM TRAY ICON!! YOU CAN LOSE DATA, CORRUPT YOUR HARD DISK!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!

Those are still experimental tweaks, as SSD technology is still new!! Do those tweaks on your own responsibility!!

Solid State Drives DO NOT require defragmentation. You can damage your hard drive and shorten the life span!

SSD write performance greatly depends on free data blocks! This is important to remember – the more data you put on a SSD the slower it will get. In fact, most manufacturers recommend to only use 70-80% of the disk space available on a SSD.

DO NOT DEFRAG YOU SSD DRIVE! In fact, if you continuously defragment a SSD drive you can decrease its lifespan. Here’s how you disable disk defragmentation in Windows 7:

Disable Disk Defragmenter Service

1. Click on Start
2. Enter services.msc into the search field and hit enter
3. Find Disk Defragmenter and right-click on it, then click on Properties
4. From the Startup dropdown menu select Disabled
5. Click on Apply
6. Done, defragmentation is now disabled

Here's a picture tutorial:
http://cdn.windows7themes.net/pics/disable-disk-defrag-windows-7-ssd.jpg

Enable TRIM in Windows 7 for SSD Drives!

#What is TRIM?
In computing, a TRIM command allows an operating system to inform a solid-state drive which blocks of data are no longer considered in use and can be wiped internally. Source: Wiki
So, if you delete a file and it is no longer being used, TRIM tells your SDD to get get rid of the data blocks. Otherwise, if TRIM is not enabled you’d have a lot of garbage data blocks which can eventually slow down your SSD and therefore your overall performance. If you want to speed up Windows 7, you really should have TRIM commands enabled. Sounds like something you are interested in? Read on.

Enable or Disable TRIM

1. Open up an elevated command prompt (run cmd with right-click => Run as Admin)

2. Enter fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify 0 to enable TRIM in Windows 7.

If you want to disable it simply change the 0 to a 1.
http://cdn.windows7themes.net/pics/enable-trim-in-windows-7.jpg
3. By default, I believe that Windows 7 is using TRIM commands. So, often you don’t have to change this setting and enable TRIM manually. You can check if TRIM is running on your PC by entering fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify.

What to read more on SSD optimization? Check out this website:
http://ssdtechnologyforum.com/

source

http://www.ps3iso.com/computer-programming/92349-updated-boost-your-pcs-performance.html i'll update with my own help though, this really worked for me.




http://i.imgur.com/uUYNO8z.png
Appeal this decision by Calv (http://http://www.gta-sarp.com/forums/member.php?27024-Calv)

John Wahl
28th January 2013, 07:43 PM
I didn't read most of this but it's a very in depth tutorial and will surely benefit many players. Good job.

Le Roi
28th January 2013, 07:44 PM
thanks juhn wuhl

Jayson
28th January 2013, 07:53 PM
I did one of these for an old forum, but It looks like you spent a good time on this putting in maximum detail. Very nice tutorial Liam, I guarantee many will appreciate it.

Le Roi
28th January 2013, 08:00 PM
Thanks mistrer

Justin Fakie
28th January 2013, 08:09 PM
It's much easier to close useless processes and update your hardware, but that's if you got the cash. I haven't a clue what this is, but if it helps someone, amen.

Deck
31st January 2013, 03:58 PM
I tried it, I like it, If you follow all the steps it will help greatly! I recommend doing what he said if your having lag for any of you people that don't know if every step is save. Even tough it might be suspicious about going to CMD.EXE doing cmd's w/e its safe, I high recommend doing the steps

Kim
31st January 2013, 04:16 PM
Did you write this?

If you did, may I say what a nice and detailed job.

Le Roi
31st January 2013, 05:30 PM
No; http://www.ps3iso.com/computer-programming/92349-updated-boost-your-pcs-performance.html

Kim
31st January 2013, 05:31 PM
You know that's basically a Warez site right?

Le Roi
31st January 2013, 05:33 PM
Not really, depends on the content.

Emily Grey
31st January 2013, 05:36 PM
I have a feeling you leeched a lot of this only because some of these steps you mention wont at all increase FPS, but they will increase general pc performance. For example increasing the paging file wont increase your FPS, enabling nogui boot will not at all speed up your computer or increase FPS.

Ps3iso sounds like a warez site to me xd.

Le Roi
31st January 2013, 05:37 PM
it is a warez site, but don't mention warez here as it violates vB ToS

Emily Grey
31st January 2013, 05:38 PM
it is a warez site, but don't mention warez here as it violates vB ToS
Warez linking is also illegal and a violation of ToS haha.

Krazed
1st February 2013, 01:50 AM
Or buy a fucking decent PC.

Jayson
1st February 2013, 04:56 AM
Or buy a fucking decent PC.

Some people can't hence why this thread was made lol

Watson
1st February 2013, 07:26 AM
Nice tuto and good effort.

Ethan
1st February 2013, 10:19 AM
Amazing bro,
Cheers!
Bon courage pour vos prochain threads

Cartorious.
1st February 2013, 04:28 PM
I don't believe you wrote that but anyways its very nice and helpfully.

Le Roi
10th February 2013, 04:02 PM
I don't believe you wrote that but anyways its very nice and helpfully.

u sir are retarded

Joris
10th February 2013, 04:03 PM
Nice guide.

Zack_Rocha
10th February 2013, 04:15 PM
Sorry, but this is rather useless for the amount of time it will take to do.

Le Roi
10th February 2013, 04:33 PM
it takes a while but it's worth it mate

Sunny_Sher
11th February 2013, 12:20 AM
I think the easiset and best way is run ccleaner everyday. And for this game make sure you have atleast 3gb ram and a good hd video card

Aldo
27th February 2013, 04:06 PM
Nice tutoriel

Ryan Crowley
28th February 2013, 10:30 AM
Alot of information isn't true but I admire the effort you put in this..

Marshall_Jonhson
28th February 2013, 03:37 PM
Buy a brand new computer,that's shoud be nuff.