Greetings. I have put together a small list of Performance Enhancement Links with descriptions for my/our clan's HL gaming forum (if interested see gaming post for New Clan Link). This is what I have used myself and posted:
http://www.pcpitstop.com/ - To test overall pcperformance. Includes suggestions and tips after test.
http://www.madonion.com/ - Download and install 3D Mark 2001 to test video performance. Can compare results online for all categories, graphics cards or cpu performance.
For those with GeForce cards, here is a tweaking utility that unlocks many configuration settings (works on all geforce cards)
http://www.geforcetweak.com/
Anyone who has an Nvidia card (may fix some known issues), I recommend downloading and installing there new DetonatorXP drivers (released in December). Download for appropriate OS.
http://www.nvidia.com/ . The new DetonatorXP (not just for WinXP) drivers boast a 10-30% increase in system performance. My 3D Mark score increased by almost 250 pts.
If anyone has a TNT2 Riva series
http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/rivatnt/ ,
http://www.pcgameworld.com/3dfiles/tweaks/rivatuner/ ,
http://www.blargoc.co.uk/downloads/nvidia.shtml
I know there is a lot of knowledge here concerning this topic- I would like to make the list more comprehensive and thorough. If anyone has added links with a short description, I would greatly appreciate it. I prefer software or reg proggies or tweaks as I would rather not suggest oc'ing. I dont want to be held responsible for anyone burning anything out. LOL.
Thanks and Regards,
Mortis