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Old April 29th, 2003, 12:06 AM     #31 (permalink)
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also if you do have programs running in the background will alsoslow it down ..firewalls antivirus scanners ect
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Old April 29th, 2003, 12:12 AM     #32 (permalink)
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ya the MSCONFIG Trick for ME but 2000 i use system mechanic to disable the programs from loading, any other tips that i might not have heard of that will make the game run smoothly
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Old April 29th, 2003, 01:04 PM     #33 (permalink)
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well at least someone is being honest and thanx

and what do you mean by:


Just that you won't be able to run in the highest quality mode in newer games - and of course if it's a recent game don't go anywhere near your Anti Aliasing or Anisotropic Filtering switches ... but apart from that it should be ok.
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Old April 29th, 2003, 01:20 PM     #34 (permalink)
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im not sure if anyone else mentioned this, to get better preformance in gta3 make sure you turn off trailing in the video settings
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IM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT, AND I HATE TRAILS ANYWAY, AND I DO MY SETTING IN LOW OR MED
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Old April 29th, 2003, 06:14 PM     #36 (permalink)
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soulja.......did you go through the site i posted foryou and follow everything the guys says
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Old April 29th, 2003, 06:23 PM     #37 (permalink)
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ya, a little confusing for the overclock but i do understand if things go weird, then you should back down, but whats a good overclocker to use
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Old April 29th, 2003, 07:35 PM     #38 (permalink)
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Use the coolbits registry hack.
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Nothin like a freshly spanked and refomatted hard drive for performance increase.

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