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    Gaming Preperation Thread-R1

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by PapaAlfrego, Feb 20, 2011.

  1. PapaAlfrego

    PapaAlfrego Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys!

    This is a thread for new R1 users and how to boost that performance from the get go.

    -Make sure you do a fresh install as it helps the system clear out any uneeded software
    -overclock if you plan on doing any serious gaming
    -Download Game Booster, it does add a few FPS to demanding games like BFBC2
    -Try StevenXOwens network throttling edit (THIS REALLY HELPS)
    -Upgrade drivers for pretty much everything
    -If Gaming is your priorty you will need to go into your BIOS and switch to Discrete graphics so you can download Nvidia drivers. Dont do this if you don't plan on plugging in everywhere you go like me :D
    -please make sure you have switched your battery settings to high performanceas it can drastically change game performance


    If anyone else has anything else they would like to add just post a reply

    HAVE FUN

    -good luck, Jesse
     
    PapaAlfrego, Feb 20, 2011
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  2. ragingazn628

    ragingazn628 Notebook Consultant

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    Nice tips, same goes for the r2? Should be getting mine soon... hopefully tomorrow.
     
    ragingazn628, Feb 20, 2011
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  3. PapaAlfrego

    PapaAlfrego Notebook Consultant

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    yeah, for the r2, i would also suggest Throttlestop
     
    PapaAlfrego, Feb 20, 2011
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  4. ragingazn628

    ragingazn628 Notebook Consultant

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    Overclock:
    ThrottleStop
    MSI Afterburner
    Komboster
    EVGA Precision

    Fresh Install?

    Install new drivers.
     
    ragingazn628, Feb 20, 2011
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  5. PapaAlfrego

    PapaAlfrego Notebook Consultant

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    What is EVGA?
     
    PapaAlfrego, Feb 20, 2011
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    EVGA Percision is just like AfterBurner but made by EVGA instead of MSI. I heard it has more errors than the MSI one and less stable OCs. So I would suggest MSI over the EVGA software
     
    MasivB, Feb 20, 2011
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  7. hdad2

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    what does changing the battery settings do for performance? just curious.

    I thought those were mostly idle times, screen brightness, etc. Nothing that would actually make the machine compute faster.
     
    hdad2, Feb 20, 2011
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  8. DanNNN

    DanNNN Notebook Guru

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    Battery settings changes the power management of the system. For example if you enable Power saver, you won't have optimal performance because its limiting the power to devices (cpu, gpu, etc)
     
    DanNNN, Feb 20, 2011
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  9. PapaAlfrego

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    pretty much
     
    PapaAlfrego, Feb 21, 2011
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  10. queefinout

    queefinout Notebook Enthusiast

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    queefinout, Jul 6, 2012
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  11. Rishwin

    Rishwin Notebook Deity

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    It's just a reference to a guide some guy (stevexowens792) made, all this does is stops your network traffic from being throttled. Here's the original post i'm assuming that thread was talking about:

    To disable network throttling. (This helps ALL network or online games)
    1. Start -> run -> Regedit
    2. Choose File -> Export > then export your registry in a safe please in case you mess something up. ( you can import it later)
    3. Choose HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> MICROSOFT -> WINDOWS NT -> MULTIMEDIA -> SYSTEM PROFILE
    4. Here you will see a setting on the right hand side called "Network Throttle Index"
    Double Click the actual word NetworkThrottlingIndex. Notice you will see a field called Value Data and a BASE called Hexidecimal and Decimal. In the Value Data change it to read ffffffff. Again that is ffffffff. (that is 8 x f)
    5. Make sure you hit ok and then shut the machine down gracefully. (meaning do a full start -> shutdown -> then power off. Then boot back up. viola.
     
    Rishwin, Jul 6, 2012
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  12. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Merged the two threads for easier reading.
     
    katalin_2003, Jul 6, 2012
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  13. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    Rishwin, as a noober when it comes to software could you explain what benefit this will bring?

    Is this relating to my broadband speeds or specifically for a network?
     
    Yiddo, Jul 6, 2012
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  14. Rishwin

    Rishwin Notebook Deity

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    Uhh i myself haven't used this before, but basically Windows automatically throttles the network traffic for some specific types of media which require less bandwidth, this just turns it off. I really can't say how effective it is, but I've never had problems with it on so why mess with something which isn't broken eh?
     
    Rishwin, Jul 6, 2012
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  15. queefinout

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    Double thanks! I guess I will hold off on trying this edit. Im happy with the laptops performance but I always want to just make it faster. Off to past threads I go to find out what else I can do :)
     
    queefinout, Jul 7, 2012
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