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TEB Elite · Jan 07, 2008, 08:26 PM // 20:26

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since it's gonna run at startup of windows to manage tasks, it's going to be running in the background, unless you kill the process. in the end, you'll be manually ctrl/alt/delete>>>end process.

It doesn't run at windows startup, it assigns process priority to windows services.

Please try the program before you try to call it bad.

Even if that were true, what are you trying to say? That manually asigning a priority to a process is bad? Or that it may take up to many resources doing what it needs to do?

gone · Jan 07, 2008, 08:31 PM // 20:31

/endpissingcontest

either way, it's going to be running in the background, taking up ram and HD space lol.

see the update to it?

*Added some Memory optimization to improve performance

that is what you don't want. even if it is improved. using a program to optimize isn't really optimizing, when you can do it all yourself.

TEB Elite · Jan 07, 2008, 08:55 PM // 20:55

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either way, it's going to be running in the background, taking up ram and HD space lol.

You need to try it before you say anything else, the program applys the changes and asks you to reboot your machine so that Windows can recognize they are there. It does not run in the background.

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that is what you don't want. even if it is improved. using a program to optimize isn't really optimizing, when you can do it all yourself.

I don't know about you, but manually applying tweaks to every pc on a network (which can sometimes reach 20+ computers) tends to lose its zest. I have no qualms about souping up my personal pc and leaving my personal touch in whatever I do. But when theres an efficient alternative, use it.

gone · Jan 07, 2008, 09:05 PM // 21:05

no thanks i don't need that clutter. it won't do anything more than a few .reg files and double clicking will do lol.

that and I'm to lazy to swap out my drive to Xp.

dont feel no pain · Jan 07, 2008, 09:54 PM // 21:54

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Originally Posted by TEB Elite

proof?

I looked up some reviews a few months ago, it seems that the benchmark scores were lower after using it in any kind of way.

Following registry editing guides like these helps and also lets you understand what you are doing

http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm (thanks i checked it out... was good!)

L33TNeMiSiS · Jan 08, 2008, 08:32 AM // 08:32

I can definatly say that raid aids ALLOT in xp performance.. There was a poster a bit earlier that seemed a bit high on something .. trying to explain some of the raid concepts.

have a look here http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...id=830&page=10
Apart from that he said rather use a single 10k hdd. I would like to say why not use 3x 10k hdd's in a Raid 5?

Unfortunatly I cant seem to find a graph showing the performance difference between Raid 0, raid 1, Raid 5 and no Raid.

But this is also a nice graphical demostration:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto...0_5.html#sect0

EDIT: Maybe have a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

Another EDIT: Had alook around .. check out: http://www.shub-internet.org/brad/Fr...num-dpt-rr.png

Rather do a Raid 10 or a raid 0 depending on wheather or not you dont wanna lose all your data when you loose a disk

snikerz · Jan 08, 2008, 08:38 AM // 08:38

as BlueNovember said, nLite is what you want, you can strip XP installation down to its bare minimum and re-create the orginal CD.
you can also do the same with vista, its called vLite

BlueNovember · Jan 08, 2008, 10:26 AM // 10:26

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Originally Posted by L33TNeMiSiS

I can definatly say that raid aids ALLOT in xp performance.. There was a poster a bit earlier that seemed a bit high on something .. trying to explain some of the raid concepts.

have a look here http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...id=830&page=10
Apart from that he said rather use a single 10k hdd. I would like to say why not use 3x 10k hdd's in a Raid 5?
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I must admit my post was a little on the sketchy side w.r.t raid. Ty for clarifying.

I agree that 3 10k raptors in r5 would be faster, but also 3 times as expensive. One 10k raptor may not be as fast as two 7,200 drives in a raid, but it would be simpler to setup and I'd imagine approximately equivalent in cost.

TEB Elite · Jan 08, 2008, 04:35 PM // 16:35

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I looked up some reviews a few months ago, it seems that the benchmark scores were lower after using it in any kind of way.

I would love to see some of these reviews, more than half the tweaks both guides you linked me to are applied by GameXp.

BFG · Jan 08, 2008, 10:13 PM // 22:13

I have used the Blackviper site and would recommend it if just for a guide to provide information about what you're about to "break" on your machine. It has a basic feel about it and the explanations are thorough enough that you can make your change decision with some confidence.

I've never been too keen on using tweak programs to apply changes to my machine. My experience has been that they make no noticeable difference or diminish performance or disable something and causes a headache later. I've never used GameXP, so I cannot offer an opinion on it nor categorize it as the same as the programs that I've used in the past.