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Jinx[13]
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Post subject: Guide To Program Shutdowns?  Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:55 am |
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Howdy Folks
I'm trying to get my loads faster, and so shut down a lot of programs before starting the game.
I can shut down anti-virus, and the google/apple stuff, but what else can I shut down to lessen the load on the computer and make load times faster? Is there a guide psoted anywhere?
I am running Windows XP.
Thanks...
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f0rkz
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Post subject: Re: Guide To Program Shutdowns? Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:00 pm |
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Do you have an IDE drive or a SATA drive?
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msleeper
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Post subject: Re: Guide To Program Shutdowns? Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:13 pm |
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Upgrade your RAM and get Windows 7.
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MrTwoVideoCards
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Post subject: Re: Guide To Program Shutdowns? Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:52 pm |
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msleeper wrote: Upgrade your RAM and get Windows 7. 
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campincarl
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Post subject: Re: Guide To Program Shutdowns? Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:53 pm |
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Try Game Booster, it's a free application that shuts down a lot of background programs and somehow better diverts resources to running your games. You can also defragment your game files with it. What I find nice about the program is that you can click a button to switch to gaming mode, it closes shit and does its stuff, then you can click the button again, and it will resume everything you had prior. It should speed up your load times a little bit, as well as performance. But yeah. SATA drives have better read speeds, and Windows 7 + more RAM works wonders. _________________ 
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msleeper
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Post subject: Re: Guide To Program Shutdowns? Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:57 pm |
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I have 8gb of RAM and I wish I had more.
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f0rkz
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Post subject: Re: Guide To Program Shutdowns? Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:15 pm |
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msleeper wrote: I have 8gb of RAM and I wish I had more. Says the person that thought I was crazy Big ole  to you sir! _________________ .:there is no spoon:.
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msleeper
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Post subject: Re: Guide To Program Shutdowns? Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:25 pm |
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Yes, I'm sorry for ever making fun of you for this.
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Post subject: Re: Guide To Program Shutdowns? Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:03 pm |
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msleeper wrote: I have 8gb of RAM and I wish I had more. This. Dual Channel DDR3 at that.... It's like bandwidth, the more you have the more you'll use, the more you'll want, the more you'll get, the more you have.... _________________ 
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Post subject: Re: Guide To Program Shutdowns? Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:10 pm |
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Webdevel wrote: msleeper wrote: I have 8gb of RAM and I wish I had more. This. Dual Channel DDR3 at that.... It's like bandwidth, the more you have the more you'll use, the more you'll want, the more you'll get, the more you have.... Oh god, the vicious cycle. _________________
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