Some tips to improve your PC performance for the sim

[CWMV]

Overclocking is too easy with an ASUS motherboard with UEFI.
Hell I pushed one button and the PC ran the overclocking program for a mild 4.4ghz. Has run flawlessly for months now and with a Zalman fan has never breached 50* even with CoD running flat out.
Also, I know many guys who have used gamebooster 3 with great success. Reported everything from greatly increased frame rates to the near elimination of stutters. So it seems worth it.
As for windows being the be all end all...have to disagree. IE9 handles like a Yugo, that is not very well at all.
firefox for me!

[SIDWULF]

Originally Posted by CWMV

Overclocking is too easy with an ASUS motherboard with UEFI.
Hell I pushed one button and the PC ran the overclocking program for a mild 4.4ghz. Has run flawlessly for months now and with a Zalman fan has never breached 50* even with CoD running flat out.
Also, I know many guys who have used gamebooster 3 with great success. Reported everything from greatly increased frame rates to the near elimination of stutters. So it seems worth it.
As for windows being the be all end all...have to disagree. IE9 handles like a Yugo, that is not very well at all.
firefox for me!

I don't know Windows 7 is the best Windows has ever been and IE9 has a very large amount of options and is an intergrated part of the windows shell so more compatability and as i mentioned the highly effective smartscreen filter.

I switched from Firefox back to IE 9 when it came out because i saw no reason anymore to use an alternate browser.

IE9 = win

[CWMV]

That's one of the reasons I stuck with firefox.
IE9 has far, FAR too much going on that I will never, ever need.
And its just not as user friendly as firefox. Sorry, but at this point I'm not going to learn a new browser when the old standby is as effective as always.
And after a week with IE9 I just wasn't impressed.
Firefox = easier = win +1

[NLS61]

Originally Posted by CWMV

Overclocking is too easy with an ASUS motherboard with UEFI.
Hell I pushed one button and the PC ran the overclocking program for a mild 4.4ghz. Has run flawlessly for months now and with a Zalman fan has never breached 50* even with CoD running flat out.
Also, I know many guys who have used gamebooster 3 with great success. Reported everything from greatly increased frame rates to the near elimination of stutters. So it seems worth it.
As for windows being the be all end all...have to disagree. IE9 handles like a Yugo, that is not very well at all.
firefox for me!

Please watch you core Voltage can be set way higher then you want.
This can seriously harm you processor over time especially with Intel i5 2500K and i7 2600K.
manual overclocking is much better also gives better results
Watch from 7:55
Or visit http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1578110


Cheers,

Niels

[CWMV]

Originally Posted by NLS61

Please watch you core Voltage can be set way higher then you want.
This can seriously harm you processor over time especially with Intel i5 2500K and i7 2600K.
manual overclocking is much better also gives better results
Watch from 7:55
Or visit http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1578110


Cheers,

Niels

Thanks. Real quick what is the suggested max?