Re: Windows 7 - "GAMING MODE"

* Michael:
Hey guys...

When I play games like Crysis Warhead I want every single percentage
of CPU and Memory my system has to be available. With that in mind I
always kill Aero and Gadgets and anything else that's obviously not
required before I launch a game.

What for? Do you have such a slow PC that you really need to kill all this stuff just to be able to play some games? What a waste of time.

Killing Aero doesn't make a difference even on the 5 year old system I have sitting here, and even less on a more current computer. Which is obvious if you understand how Windows works as it already puts processes to sleep it doesn't need (like Aero in a full screen 3D application like a game).

Let me guess: you also disable SuperFetch because you want as much free RAM as possible?

Benjamin
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