OT: Gaming Tweaks for XP

As someone who has just changed over from WIN98SE to XP Pro, I am running it pretty vanilla. Can anyone point me to a web site that talks about tweaking XP (removing background processes, etc.) for gaming purposes? Thanks.

http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/servicesxp.htm "Joe Blow" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:smj1a.6226$[email hidden]... > As someone who has just changed over from WIN98SE to XP Pro, I am runningit

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> pretty vanilla. > > Can anyone point me to a web site that talks about tweaking XP (removing > background processes, etc.) for gaming purposes? > > Thanks. > >

In article <Pul1a.2208$[email hidden]>, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I haven't removed anything and all my games are fine. Yeah, but you thought 8 fps in Strike Commander was fine too ;-P

I haven't removed anything and all my games are fine. -- [email hidden] "Joe Blow" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:smj1a.6226$[email hidden]... > As someone who has just changed over from WIN98SE to XP Pro, I am running it > pretty vanilla. > > Can anyone point me to a web site that talks about tweaking XP (removing > background processes, etc.) for gaming purposes? > > Thanks. > >

Be careful what you wish for. He it is. BE CAREFUL! http://www.blackviper.com/ Dan Joe Blow wrote:

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> As someone who has just changed over from WIN98SE to XP Pro, I am running it > pretty vanilla. > > Can anyone point me to a web site that talks about tweaking XP (removing > background processes, etc.) for gaming purposes? > > Thanks. > >

<[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Dnl1a.12085$[email hidden]... > In article <Pul1a.2208$[email hidden]>, "GregCisko" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >I haven't removed anything and all my games are fine. > > Yeah, but you thought 8 fps in Strike Commander was fine too ;-P Oh really? I am not getting 8fps on anything. It is maxed. Who the hell are you anyway? -- [email hidden]

In article <Cwo1a.2239$[email hidden]>, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Who the hell are you anyway? Been years since I last saw this. Welcome back Greg!

It did. -- [email hidden] "Dalek" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Sun, 09 Feb 2003 05:08:51 GMT, [email hidden] reckoned: > > > >Yeah, but you thought 8 fps in Strike Commander was fine too ;-P > > I see you know Greg too. He said Falcon 4.0 ran great when it was > first released also.

Well I never had the crashes others had. But then again I was a 3dfx person. Bottom line, falcon4 was a load of fun for me. You don't think so? Who the hell cares... -- [email hidden] "Dalek" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Sun, 09 Feb 2003 19:50:25 GMT, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> > reckoned: > > >It did. > > Yea, that was what you said about the F4 beta demo too. What was your > pC back then? A P2 400?

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> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 06:58:15 GMT, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> > reckoned: > > >Well I never had the crashes others had. But then again I was a 3dfx > >person. Bottom line, falcon4 was a load of fun for me. You don't > >think so? Who the hell cares... > > I'm not talking about if it was fun or not, or if it crashes or not. I > was a 3DFX user too. I'm talking about perception of smooth gameplay. > Let's just say your perception has always been a tad off.

Whatever. It was smooth to me... I don't even know who the hell you are. -- [email hidden]