Some of those can be really helpful for getting an FPS boost in graphically demanding games. In Quake, not so much. I suppose if you have a really old PC it could help though.

Thanks for the link - disabling HPET reduced latency on my PC from 60 us to 5us.

Unbelievable. :)

5?

Yeah.

There is no sensible change in anything, though. :)

I might try this tweak, although my latency with it enabled is already about 5. Any downsides so far?

Then you don't need it. :)

No changes one can feel either for the good or for the bad.

True. And apparently HPET doesn't work on XP which explains why I get 2µs latency on idle already :P
And it's supposed to make video playback smoother on vista/7 (mostly) while having little to no effect on gaming.

Looks like another useless tweak to me.

Another git who recommends disabling the pagefile and using the "disablekernelpaging" shite!

Don't do it, even if you have loads of ram and a 64bit OS. Windows doesn't load the kernel in it unless it's absolutely necessary. Even older OSes like 2000 or XP are smart enough to rely on the RAM and not the pagefile. It is used for caching stuff and doesn't hurt performance at all, it actually helps a bit (especially with stability).

this
not the only windows/bios "tweak" that seems questionable btw. after googling most of them i can say that most of them are useless (i checked for win7) unless you have specific problems with it or they have a downside on day to day use :/

hopefully the network stuff is better

Nagle's tweak didn't work for me (ping didn't change by one single ms), but I have a fiber net so I don't know if it really applies to me :P

It only works with TCP anyway, so no FPS that I know of will benefit from it, only the MMOs might.

pagefile is virtual memory with a different name, memory has pages, so virtual memory got renamed to pagefile. it will only be used if you memory is full

system managed pagefile should start as 1024kb file, not 30% of your drive which is just a blank file

would have been mroe usefull with an actual explanation to every option (the links are mostly useless)

for "Maximum pre-rendered frames" for exmaple we get

> 0 (reduce visual latency in first person shooters, better targeting accuracy)

it should be

if your CPU is not as quick as your GPU then you'll get some input lag, this is where the Max Prerendered Frames comes to the rescue as its less job for your CPU (set it less than 3), if your CPU is quicker than your GPU then actually increasing the max-prerendered frames improves things. (don't go above 5 though).
Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames: If available, this option - previously known as 'Max Frames to Render Ahead' in old Forceware versions - controls the number of frames the CPU prepares in advanced of being rendered by the GPU. The default value is 3 - higher values tend to result in smoother but more laggy gameplay, while lower values can help reduce mouse and keyboard lag. However extremely low values such as 0 may hurt performance, so I recommend this option be kept at its default of 3 globally, and only adjusted downwards in specific game profiles. Remember, in most cases mouse lag is due to low framerates, so adjusting this option is not an automatic cure to lag issues, nor should it be the first thing you try. Finally, it only works in DirectX games, not OpenGL games.

surprise, its not black and white.. and for quake its useless anyway "only works in DirectX games, not OpenGL games."

and enabling threaded optimazations in nvidias control panel makes ql crash..

Agreed.

http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=2018138#pid2018138

you can make any connection good using

MTU : 510 <- makes dns lookup lightspeed
RWIN : 14719 <-makes downloads the normal speed
TTL : 64 <-works for everything
MAX CONNECTIONS : HTTP1.0 = 11 => HTTP 1.1 = 7
SESSION KEEP ALIVE : 2
SELECTIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT : off
BLACK HOLE DETECTION : off
PATH MTU DISCOVERY : off
RFC 1323 WINDOW SCALING : on
RFC 1323 TIMESTAMPS : on

use tweakmaster or some other app to put them on all network adaptors, for your cellphone make the MTU 210,

many years and hours of pissing around make the global lightspeed settings

not this again lol

His copy/paste skills rival Jamerio's

I've always suspected p0rt is one of Jamerio's personalities.

Haha, I think he's weirder than Jamerio will ever be though, creepy!

those settings are alot better then what most people use with the defaults when you install windows, and if you want 3g cellphone to be like a 512kb dsl connection then those settings will make it happen

they might not be good for incoming adaptors, but for modems etc, they will make your connection alot faster

the recommended settings are worthless, if you want the best out of your connection you have to find the settings yourself.

but the settings i give, will make all connections better then normal

my posts are normal, if you actually understood :

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http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=2029101#pid2029101

i laugh at all you, you are all retarded and brain dead. q43a sdk all recoded to make new features usable ingame. disable them in the server config and the whole SDK is all new lightspeed netcode for a standard quake gamplay match, with no glitches and all new netcode which wont flood the snapshots with vehicles and all new features enabled in gameplay on a dedicated server

try it or sTfU asafternoon
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which is still my original point, about militia/q43a,

disable all new Q43A features in the server config, and what if left in the SDK will all new lightspeed netcode and glitch free gameplay, with most nags all recoded

Have you tried militia?

i own it, its my mod, i dont all the work on it, no1 else involved, no beta testers, no suckasses

you all use it like a unofficial patch, like osp and cmpa and make some maps n shit

if using normal q4 maps that come with the game or cpm map pack with all new features disabled in server config gameplay changes are :

voice taunts that a binded to impulse keys [ you can use manual voicetaunts when you want, si_voicetaunts will only stop auto voicetaunts being said when you frag someone ]
weapon ammo totals/damages
alternative weapon fire on GL and NPM

the above 3 in duel and more air move

CTF the above 3 and flag will be returned as soon as the carrier has been fragged if si_killreturnsCTF if enabled in serverconfig, 1

i suppose

i put it to 64bit mode that HPET