Although Windows Vista is a great operating system with tons of great features and application when it comes to games, the performance still lags behind Windows XP. One of the reasons is that most current games are not for Windows Vista that uses the new DirectX technology are designed 10th Another reason is that Windows Vista will run a lot of activities in the background, which has adversely affected the gaming resources.
In this article I have compiled 10 useful WindowsVista tips and tricks to help you improve your gaming performance.
1) Upgrade your hardware
This includes the RAM, CPU and graphics card. For games in Vista, make sure you have a dual-core CPU, 2 GB of RAM and a DirectX 10-compatible graphics card.
2) Disable System Restore
Vista System Restore helps you get your backup files and restore in the event that the operating system to crash. Although a useful function, it can slow down the system to a largeScope. To disable it, click Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> System and remove the checkmark next to any drives that are protected.
3) Turn the idle
If you use the hibernation feature, you can disable it and then about one gigabyte of disk space. To do this, click Run and type "powercfg - H off"
4) Disable the Sidebar
While this is a great eye-candy, it takes a lot of resources. To turn off opening the sidebarControl Panel -> Windows Sidebar Properties. Uncheck "Start Sidebar when Windows Start button.
5) Move swap file to another drive / partition
Swap file is a temporary file used to store data for later use. If you have another drive, you can speed up Vista a bit by using the swap file on the drive. Or if you use only one drive, you can create a partition to save your swap file.
* Click on Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> System
* SelectAdvanced System Settings from the upper left-hand side
* Make sure that the Advanced tab, select "
* In the Performance section, click Settings
* Click on the tab "Advanced"
* In the Virtual Memory section, click Change
* Uncheck "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives".
* Click on the partition that choose to use as a swap partition, Custom size, and the new size of the swap file. The recommended size is 2.5 times RAM size, and myChoice is the first and the maximum size set values are equal, given a fixed size swap file.
* Click on the primary partition, select "No paging file" and click. This is to prevent Vista from a release of a swap file on your primary partition.
* Restart your computer
6) Add 3D sound
The DirectX 10 architecture is changing the way the sound is processed in gaming. If you play Windows XP games, probably with hardware 3D audio effects, the most that you do not hearTone. To overcome this, you can use Creative ALchemy tool. Download and install the tool ALchemy from Creative's website. This tool will each pipe DirectSound calls into OpenAL Windows XP games to give him support a complete 3D audio hardware.
7) Turn off Vista indexing engine
Vista indexing engine is a useful tool that you can easily browse for files. But while the season is, it runs in the background and consumes resources that impact the gaming experiencePerformance. To turn it off, go to Control Panel -> Indexing Options. Click on Edit -> All sites to remove any drives or folders that you do not want you to be indexed.
8) Change your Startup program
To prevent unused programs on during the boot-up process, and then take your system resources, you can change your startup programs by typing "msconfig" Run into the field ". Click on the tab "Startup" and uncheck the box next to any software that you do not want that in the courseStart.
9) Use ReadyBoost
This is a new feature in Vista that an external USB drive as a cache to store frequently used to access data. It should be able to increase performance up to 10-fold to. Set in a USB 2.0 flash drive into a USB port. In the window that appears, click the ReadyBoost tab. Select "Use this device".
10) Disable SuperFetch
Another new feature of Vista that uses all of your free memory to save frequency accessedData. Although it is a good feature, it is actually do more harm to your game performance. My game needs a lot of free memory on cards, AI-loading process, and so on, while the SuperFetch continually receiving free memory for storing data. To disable the SuperFetch, click Run and type "services.msc". Select "Stop / Disable SuperFetch" and then restart the computer.
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