making or Having 2 different profiles...

AstaLaVista

Lost in Cyberspace
Vista Pro
I love the eye candy of vista and when I am broswing the internet or just stretching my eyes on the different things vista does, I am happy but, when I am inside a game doing some heavy fighting and my putter starts to spit, I could care less about the Vista eye candy and all I want and need is the performance I can muster from it.

So, being said that... is there a way that I can have two profiles at the ready? One would be the standard profile I use now and at the flick of a switch (so to speak), I can turn my rig into a lean, mean performance machine and eliminate everything I don't need running in the background at that time (A.V., firewall, unnecessary processes, etc, etc.)

am I dreaming or is this the norm and I am just to dumb to have realized it sooner? :eek: :( :confused:

Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel Q9650 w/CM V8 Cooler...
    Motherboard
    EVGA 780i SLI FTW... Latest Bios & Drivers
    Memory
    Corsair Dominator 8GB (4 x 2GB) PC2-8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX260
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Def Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 22" LCD Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Velociraptor 160GB
    Samsung Sata 750GB
    Maxtor External 160GB
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling 750w Silencer
    Case
    Thermaltake Speedo Advance
    Cooling
    Air Cooled... See CPU
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G7
    Internet Speed
    Comcast 6MB Broadband
    Other Info
    Linksys WRT54G router
What games are you having trouble with? I see no reason why you should have problems with the setup which you are running. Though I dont know much about your CPU I am running comparable everything else and can run all games except crysis maxed out. and crysis I runs quite well just my resolution is a little low. 1280x800 gets me completely smooth gameplay with no hitches on Enthusiast/Very High while I normally play in 1440x900 with a few hick ups when I first load a level and occasional drops here and there but I find it tolerable. If it gets on my nerves I just drop it back down and poof constant 30+ frames.

Though I do not have any anti virus or extra software running as I am a performance nut and the thing you seem to be aiming for is the norm for me. I even own norton antivirus. If I ever believe I have some kind of infection which has not happened yet with vista, I simply install it, update run a full scan and then uninstall. How many processes do you have running in total with vista? Also what anti virus do you use?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD AM2 64 6000+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-E SLI
    Memory
    4 Gigs DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 8800GTS OC2 320MB
    Sound Card
    Creative X-Fi Titanium 5.1 Dolby Digital
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 2216W 22Inch
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi SATA 380GB Windows XP Professional SP 2
    Western Digital 300GB Windows Vista Ultimate SP 1
    PSU
    650 Watt
    Case
    Thermaltake III Full Tower
    Keyboard
    Saitek Illuminated Desktop Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech MX310
    Internet Speed
    12Mbs
    Other Info
    Built this desktop myself about a year ago so that I could enjoy Crysis. May not be able to max out crysis more than 1440x900 Very High/Enthusiast (which still looks better than any other game :-X) but this desktop has yet to have any other game give it a hard time. Everything else I run in 1680x1050 16xAF 4xAA with Vsync. I love my PC :D
I'm running Bit Defender AntiVirus 2009 for Vista x64, vista Firewall, Task Manager shows 65 processes, Physical Mem: 35%

Of course I only have my browser open at the moment and nothing else.

I am playing CoD 5 at whatever resolution the game puts the game on (1280 x 724) I think, I am almost at the end of the campaign and I have notice a lot of stuttering on the mouse and intermitent video freezing, tenths of a second really but noticeable in a heavy firefight.

Temps on the CPU are below 50 degrees and my GPU doesn't get higher than 45 degress so I know those 2 are not the culprit either.

I could probably ask Vista or Nvidia to give me more performance but then vista looses its eye candy effect and well... what are we w/o the Vista eye candy? simpletons using Windows 2000 NT look and feel :D

I guess what you are saying is that there is no such thing as having two profiles ready at your fingertips then! ;)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel Q9650 w/CM V8 Cooler...
    Motherboard
    EVGA 780i SLI FTW... Latest Bios & Drivers
    Memory
    Corsair Dominator 8GB (4 x 2GB) PC2-8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX260
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Def Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 22" LCD Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Velociraptor 160GB
    Samsung Sata 750GB
    Maxtor External 160GB
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling 750w Silencer
    Case
    Thermaltake Speedo Advance
    Cooling
    Air Cooled... See CPU
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G7
    Internet Speed
    Comcast 6MB Broadband
    Other Info
    Linksys WRT54G router
That is very odd. I found CoD5 to run rediculously well. I have it in 1680x1050 4xAA, 16xAF all in game settings maxed and I have not seen any lag at all. I dont think my FPS has gone below 45. I thought it was just because its a game that was made for many platforms so naturally PC runs it the best. O.o now I am really starting to think you have some kind of performance issue within your PC. Perhaps vista 64 makes that much of a difference? Though I thought 64 bit was simply supposed to make it run better? Does it in fact change visual quality or something?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD AM2 64 6000+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-E SLI
    Memory
    4 Gigs DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 8800GTS OC2 320MB
    Sound Card
    Creative X-Fi Titanium 5.1 Dolby Digital
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 2216W 22Inch
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi SATA 380GB Windows XP Professional SP 2
    Western Digital 300GB Windows Vista Ultimate SP 1
    PSU
    650 Watt
    Case
    Thermaltake III Full Tower
    Keyboard
    Saitek Illuminated Desktop Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech MX310
    Internet Speed
    12Mbs
    Other Info
    Built this desktop myself about a year ago so that I could enjoy Crysis. May not be able to max out crysis more than 1440x900 Very High/Enthusiast (which still looks better than any other game :-X) but this desktop has yet to have any other game give it a hard time. Everything else I run in 1680x1050 16xAF 4xAA with Vsync. I love my PC :D
Right-Click on the CoD5 shortcut, select properties, go to the "compatibility" tab, and check the "Disable Visual Themes" and "Disable Desktop Composition" check-boxes. Click Apply and then click OK. Do this for all of your full screen games from now on, it basically disables all of the Vista eye-candy while playing full screen games.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acropolis
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-6800k @ 4.0 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS X99-M WS
    Memory
    32GB Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 STRIX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    2x 256GB Samsung 850 Pro (RAID 0)
    1x 500GB Samsung 850 Evo
    2x Western Digital RED 4TB (RAID 1)
    50TB File Server (Multiple RAID 6)
    PSU
    Corsair AX1200i
    Case
    Corsair Air 240
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow X Chroma
    Mouse
    Logitech G502
    Internet Speed
    250Mbps Down | 15 Mbps Up
Right-Click on the CoD5 shortcut, select properties, go to the "compatibility" tab, and check the "Disable Visual Themes" and "Disable Desktop Composition" check-boxes. Click Apply and then click OK. Do this for all of your full screen games from now on, it basically disables all of the Vista eye-candy while playing full screen games.


I tried this for Crysis and Far Cry 2. Was able to push the original crysis from 2xAA to 4xAA in 1360x768 using that Ultra Quality mod which someone posted the link to around these boards some where. In Far Cry 2 though I noticed almost no difference. Dont get me wrong after playing the game a bit I have had the engine kind of wear in on me and I find myself going "ok that does look pretty good" but I still think it could use some optimization and a few better textures here and there. Other than that yes it does compete with Crysis, but I prefer Crysis' more leaning toward intensely realistic look as opposed to Far Crys more artistic lush look.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD AM2 64 6000+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-E SLI
    Memory
    4 Gigs DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 8800GTS OC2 320MB
    Sound Card
    Creative X-Fi Titanium 5.1 Dolby Digital
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 2216W 22Inch
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi SATA 380GB Windows XP Professional SP 2
    Western Digital 300GB Windows Vista Ultimate SP 1
    PSU
    650 Watt
    Case
    Thermaltake III Full Tower
    Keyboard
    Saitek Illuminated Desktop Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech MX310
    Internet Speed
    12Mbs
    Other Info
    Built this desktop myself about a year ago so that I could enjoy Crysis. May not be able to max out crysis more than 1440x900 Very High/Enthusiast (which still looks better than any other game :-X) but this desktop has yet to have any other game give it a hard time. Everything else I run in 1680x1050 16xAF 4xAA with Vsync. I love my PC :D
It all depends on how resource intensive the game is. Regardless of the full screen application though, my method will improve performance to some degree.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acropolis
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-6800k @ 4.0 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS X99-M WS
    Memory
    32GB Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 STRIX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    2x 256GB Samsung 850 Pro (RAID 0)
    1x 500GB Samsung 850 Evo
    2x Western Digital RED 4TB (RAID 1)
    50TB File Server (Multiple RAID 6)
    PSU
    Corsair AX1200i
    Case
    Corsair Air 240
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow X Chroma
    Mouse
    Logitech G502
    Internet Speed
    250Mbps Down | 15 Mbps Up
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