Neat Trick for Improving performance!

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Step 1: Run the game you want to run better

Step 2: Somehow minimize the game (DONT CLOSE)

Step 3: Right click the taskbar and select "Task Manager"

Step 4: Go to "Processes" find the games name (Usually the .exe example demigod is "Demigod.exe")

Step 5: Right click the process that runs the program, and select "SET PRIORITY"

Step 6: Set the priority to HIGH,

DO NOT set it to "Realtime"

as that will mess a lot of stuff up.

IF YOU GET A WARNING NOTICE, PRESS CONTINUE.

 

If you did it right the game should run a bit better.

WHAT IT DOES:

It gives that game priority to the processer, so say instead of norton being processed first, the game is.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

It gives that game priority to the processer, so say instead of norton being processed first, the game is.
Or you could switch off extraneous processes before starting a game?

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Mythor, reply 1
It gives that game priority to the processer, so say instead of norton being processed first, the game is.Or you could switch off extraneous processes before starting a game?

Or get a super expensive PC that runs games like Cryist on Ultra @ 1920x1080

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Mythor, reply 1
Or you could switch off extraneous processes before starting a game?

True but, many people can have loads of processes that dont need to be running, and this bypasses those.

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Still a good one for the less savvy out there with lower performing computers.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Cooley35, reply 3
True but, many people can have loads of processes that dont need to be running, and this bypasses those.
You know what else bypasses processes that don't need to be running?

Making sure those processes aren't running.

If they don't need to be running, why would you have them running at all? Particularly when you're trying to squeeze a few extra FPS out of a game.

I'm sure your "tip" might be useful if you've already squeezed out as much as you can elsewhere but I think you'll find it far more effective to cut down on the number of things asking for processor time (not to mention RAM) rather than twiddling with the processor priority. It's also a lot more convenient to permanently disable things that don't need to be running rather than tweaking the priority each time. And it will help you in your everyday usage as everything will have that little extra snap to it.

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Mythor- how do you shut down other processes from running?

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

I would be very careful if you shut down processes because many of them are system processes if you shut them down your pc will die.

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Cowbuttzex, reply 6
Mythor- how do you shut down other processes from running?
If you know what you're doing, you use Ctrl-Alt-Del to open the Task Manager and go from there. If you have to ask how to do it you probably shouldn't do it. ;) Cooley35 is exaggerating by saying your PC "will die" but if you manage to kill something important you'll probably have to reboot.

If you don't know what you're doing the better way is to close things like Cooley35's mention of Norton. No need to be running that while gaming and such things usually have icons in the System Tray. Right click them and look for Exit/Quit type buttons. Norton, other anti-virus programs, instant messaging programs, etc...

There's plenty of good guides on the internet to help you reduce the bloat of processes most people end up with via various sources - Impulse itself, for example, can run an extraneous process if you let it.

There's also plenty of people to tell you that setting processes to High can cause all kinds of other issues. Cooley35 has it completely around the wrong way.

Reply #9 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Mythor, reply 8

if you manage to kill something important you'll probably have to reboot.

The system will just reboot on you because of a BSOD.

Reply #10 from Demigod Forums Top

if you manage to kill something important you'll probably have to reboot.

Generally windows won't let you kill anything too important, but it's generally good to only close processes run by your user name unless you're sure you can close it.

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting xthetenth, reply 10

if you manage to kill something important you'll probably have to reboot.


Generally windows won't let you kill anything too important, but it's generally good to only close processes run by your user name unless you're sure you can close it.

Not so. You can kill required processes and if Windows is nice about it, it'll tell you that a required process has terminated and it needs to shutdown. If it's not nice you'll get a BSOD. After that 90+% of the time a reboot will get you going again. Sometimes things get screwed and you have to re-install.

If I'm gaming offline, then yes turning off things like Nortons is ok. However, if I'm online and Nortons is providing my firewall, why would I want to turn it off?