just converted to vista help tuning the vista os for gaming

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Kenshin Ryoudo

Discussion Starter · Apr 29, 2009

hello everyone as you can see i let my dear xp os sleep in slumber while i =m playing with my brand new os vista. the problem is that vista has many programs hogs the ram and the cpu. im pretty sure someone out there has a rig with vista on and there games are flying quicker than the speed of light.

also here's my system specs

os windows vista
ram 2 gigs
mobo asus
video geforce 9800gtx+ oc 512 GDDR3
cpu athlon amd 4200 x2 oc to 3.5 ghz

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Samor

· #2 · Apr 29, 2009

-keep superfecth enabled, it'll seem to load like forever but it actually makes things start faster over time.
-you can disable readyboost, it's quite useless.
-make sure windows defender doesn't randomly start scanning
-get the latest directx update and some recent nvidia drivers (whql ones will do, but you can experiment with newer ones if you want)

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Kenshin Ryoudo

Discussion Starter · #3 · Apr 29, 2009

Samor said:
-keep superfecth enabled, it'll seem to load like forever but it actually makes things start faster over time.
-you can disable readyboost, it's quite useless.
-make sure windows defender doesn't randomly start scanning
-get the latest directx update and some recent nvidia drivers (whql ones will do, but you can experiment with newer ones if you want)

thanks mate and a question how good does vista run your games

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Samor

· #4 · Apr 30, 2009

performance's about the same as in XP; I probably won't be able to tell the difference.

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Anthony817DC

· #5 · Apr 30, 2009

Um,I don't know what superfecth is.Ok,if you cant run a game on Vista that you previously could in XP,do the following.Right click the icon of the game,go to property's,Compatibility tab, check the box beside the drop down menu and select the "run in compatibility mode for XP sp2". I don't have to do it on all games but if one doesnt run then that is a good procedure to follow.

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Gossamer

· #6 · Apr 30, 2009

Superfetch can be disabled or enabled through services if I'm not mistaken though I can't remember if it's enabled or not by default.

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makotech222

· #7 · Apr 30, 2009

Upgrade to windows 7, much better

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Samor

· #8 · Apr 30, 2009

Gossamer said:
Superfetch can be disabled or enabled through services if I'm not mistaken though I can't remember if it's enabled or not by default.

it's enabled by default.
some people turn it off though, especially because initially it seem to drag things down (especially when you have to install a lot of software). It's also very frequently accessing the HD, giving the illusion it's slower, but it's actually faster after running it for a little while.

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Squall-Leonhart

· #9 · Apr 30, 2009

set superfetch to delayed start!

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