Useful tools and toys.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » April 30th, 2006, 12:11

Dog Pants wrote:I'd forgotten about this.

Yeah baby!

You bastard.

Edit: What is your new system then?

Post by **Dog Pants** » April 30th, 2006, 12:24

Athlon 64 4000+
2gb PC3200 RAM
BFG OC 7900 GT 256 GFX card
Abit AN8 SLi Deluxe MOBO
a bunch of other stuff that doesn't affect performance.

Also removed my SB Live Player.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » April 30th, 2006, 12:28

That's not a bad setup I suppose.

Hehe, wish I had the monies for a 4000+ cpu and that GFX card!

But for now I'm just glad that my 6600GT and 3000+ will run things reasonably will. Having 2 gig'o'ram helps as well.

Sheriff Fatman · Post by **Sheriff Fatman** » May 3rd, 2006, 12:26

Not sure if this one has been discussed before, but:

http://www.ccleaner.com/

get used by me an awful lot. It's very handy if (like me) you install/uninstall lots of apps.

And if anyone uses a dual-screen (or multi-screen) set-up then:

http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/

is a must IMHO.

Post by **TezzRexx** » May 3rd, 2006, 13:32

System lab says I meet both recommened and minimum for Battlefield 2, yet I can't run it without lag on the highest graphics setting!?

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » May 3rd, 2006, 20:40

Probably due to the fact that beef is a beast on the graphics, especially with the kind of draw-distances it uses. Can't test mine to see if I meet recommended just now cos my mother's pentium 2 with its whole 64MB of ram and onboard graphics with a max resolution of 800x600 would cry just attempting to run the test!

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » May 3rd, 2006, 21:47

TezzRexx wrote:System lab says I meet both recommened and minimum for Battlefield 2, yet I can't run it without lag on the highest graphics setting!?

Some of the maximum settings are pretty pointless and don't make much difference of the one below, medium or whatever it is. Check this guide out for example screenshots: http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_5.html

Unless you already knew that and are just testing.

Sheriff Fatman · Post by **Sheriff Fatman** » May 4th, 2006, 7:56

spoodie wrote:Some of the maximum settings are pretty pointless and don't make much difference of the one below, medium or whatever it is.

This.

According to all the tests and reviews I have seen my rig should scream through Beef on High, but it is a pig of a game.

Try to work out what setting you want to for best accuracy (AA, decent geometrics and full draw distance in my case) and then try adding the bits that will enhance your experience (textures, bullet holes, explosion effects etc).

I honestly wouldn't expect it to run everything on high with a Cray

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 4th, 2006, 14:04

Sheriff Fatman wrote:I honestly wouldn't expect it to run everything on high with a Cray

well of course not, cray don't offer SLI support

Post by **FatherJack** » May 9th, 2006, 22:44

Cache View FTFW.

That is all.

Post by **ProfHawking** » June 10th, 2006, 11:43

This gadget lets you get windows geniune advantage downloads from M$ with out the hassle

http://www.p2plife.com/forums/Official_ ... -t320.html

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 10th, 2006, 11:44

ProfHawking wrote:I'm a dirty, skillless pirate

Post by **ProfHawking** » June 10th, 2006, 11:47

Avast ye scurvey dogs!
http://www.stargods.org/GayPirate.jpeg

MOD EDIT: That's just wrong, sorry.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 10th, 2006, 11:51

That is disturbing

Post by **fabyak** » September 5th, 2006, 10:49

Thingy to check how much power your PSU needs

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

Also

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/cpucalculator.jsp

was useful

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » September 5th, 2006, 11:10

fabyak wrote:Thingy to check how much power your PSU needs

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

Also

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/cpucalculator.jsp

was useful

Hmm, according to the CPU calculator my processor requires 150 Horsepower

Post by **Grimmie** » September 5th, 2006, 11:34

mrbobbins wrote:
Hmm, according to the CPU calculator my processor requires 150 ILoveHorsesPower

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » September 15th, 2006, 15:03

McBain wrote:Process Explorer

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/P ... lorer.html

A much better replacement for Task Manager.

This is excellent and very handy for identifying all the shit monitoring and control software on my company laptop, and then disabling it.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 28th, 2006, 18:13

This is handy as fuck too.

http://www.utorrent.com/testport.php?port=80

very useful when dealing with torrenty stuff, and other stuff.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 23rd, 2006, 3:09

99 ways to make your windows a little faster.

Here