alphamarcaphi Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 make sure all ur programs are closed before u run the f-ing game!!! also do ctrl-alt-delete and click on the tab that says processes... anything thats over like 4,000 close it before you run the game! trust me it makes a difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoltinJoeCarter Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 yea that's wat i always do, it speeds everything up. There always a bunch of crap running, you should end any processes you dont need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donjn Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Your kidding right? I have researched this for a year on MVP04 as well. Trust me, been there, done that like 1000 times.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nike23 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 make sure all ur programs are closed before u run the f-ing game!!! also do ctrl-alt-delete and click on the tab that says processes... anything thats over like 4,000 close it before you run the game! trust me it makes a difference Only helps people who have 512mb of ram or less....anyone with a gig of ram will not need to do a thing, the game will only use up anywhere from the 200-400 mb range of ram. So ending your process's when you have 1gig of ram is pointless as it wont help you a bit. Now if you have something useing your processor (say like anti virus starts scanning or soemthing) and you see the cpu % being used those are the programs you should stop....otherwise ending process's is a waste for anyone with a decent rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpup Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 make sure all ur programs are closed before u run the f-ing game!!! also do ctrl-alt-delete and click on the tab that says processes... anything thats over like 4,000 close it before you run the game! trust me it makes a difference watch your mouth. this isn't gamefaqs or the EA Sports forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowles Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I did something that makes all my game play much more enjoyable. Using partition magic, i made a hidden (bottable primary) partition that I allocated 10gB to. I put on just Windows XP with only the most basic options (turning off all animations, disabling all start-up programs and processes, uninstalling everything unnecessary) and my video drivers. By using Partition Magic's Windows boot program, I can just click between the two, and it will restart the computer into the parition I need. Games run far smoother because the RAM is always totally free (even closing things as alphamarcaphi stated earlier will never clear the RAM completely) and it loads incredibly quickly because there's nothing but the most basic configuration (MVP for me runs like silk on a 1.2 ghZ AMD with a 64mB card and 256mB of RAM). Also, it keeps me from bowing to temptation and just minimizing my papers to play games when I should be doing work :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpup Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I did something that makes all my game play much more enjoyable. Using partition magic, i made a hidden (bottable primary) partition that I allocated 10gB to. I put on just Windows XP with only the most basic options (turning off all animations, disabling all start-up programs and processes, uninstalling everything unnecessary) and my video drivers. By using Partition Magic's Windows boot program, I can just click between the two, and it will restart the computer into the parition I need. Games run far smoother because the RAM is always totally free (even closing things as alphamarcaphi stated earlier will never clear the RAM completely) and it loads incredibly quickly because there's nothing but the most basic configuration (MVP for me runs like silk on a 1.2 ghZ AMD with a 64mB card and 256mB of RAM). Also, it keeps me from bowing to temptation and just minimizing my papers to play games when I should be doing work post a tutorial. i would be interested in how to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APR Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 make sure all ur programs are closed before u run the f-ing game!!! also do ctrl-alt-delete and click on the tab that says processes... anything thats over like 4,000 close it before you run the game! trust me it makes a difference Make sure that when you do this, don't click to end the explorer process tab. I did and well...it shut off my explorer. :oops: :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 No, do not close anything that uses over 4,000kb of memory. There is a very good chance you will close something system related, such as explorer.exe and svchost.exe. It's also very possible to close your firewall doing this and you'll end up with a lot more problems than not being able to run MVP 2005. alphamarcaphi, that's by far the most reckless advice I've seen on these forums. Please don't do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowles Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Alright jpup, here's a rough and tumble tutorial, it's actually quite simple. Either buy or download Partition Magic (I Used 8.0), and install it. When it loads up, click on your main C: drive and right click on it; choose "resize/move partition". A purple bar will appear (the colour may be different, depending on your hard drive formatting). In the "Free Space After Box" type in however much space you want for your new partition, then click OK. I have about 5gB in games, so I made my new partition 10gB. A new grey box should appear at the end of your C: Drive in the Partition Magic main window. Right click on the grey boy and click "Create partition"; choose it as a Primary partition, label it, and leave the other options as is. You should now have 2 partitions where there once was one. Then go back to the main program window. Choose the 'Install another operating system' button in the 'Pick a task' area in the top left menu. Go through the first screen and click 'next', then choose your operating system; it will ask you where you want to put the new OS, choose the new partition you've just created. While I'm not sure the final couple of steps, you should be sure to just click through until it's finished, making sure it is set to be a "Hidden" partition, as opposed to an active one. Toss your Windows XP disc into the drive and click finish. If it doesn't reboot itself and start the operation, in the bottom left corner click "apply" if there are any operations pending. If it still doesn't reboot, close the program, and load the program 'PQBoot for Windows' in the start menu (it's included with Partition Magic), click the button beside your new partition, click restart now, and click OK. The computer should reboot to your new drive, which since it doesn't have any OS on it, should begin the installation of the OS (you may have to restart the computer and make sure the CD Rom drive is set to boot first in your bios). Install Windows as you see fit (I did it with only the bare minimum, no internet, no games, no fancy stuff), and when it finishes, install Partition Magic on the new OS as well (you'll need the PQBoot for Windows program to get back to your other partition). Keep in mind that if you don't install Internet, you should have SP-1 and -2 copied onto a CD, or if you have a second physical hard drive, it saves a lot of the trouble by copying it there; I actually just left it with the OEM, pre-SP1 version. I then go to these sites to make sure Windows is running at its most efficient, and follow their instructions: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/Op...l#WindowsUpdate - provides the most basic tweaks. http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm - shows which Windows programs I can safely shut down at startup, which hog a lot of the RAM. Also, because there's no Internet, and I know exactly what's on there, I don't have to install anti-virus software, which really hogs resources, as do any instant messenger programs. I make sure there's no wallpapers, only the base fonts that come with XP, delete the audio files and help files in Windows, and you should right click on the c:windowsService Pack Files directory, click properties, then click on advanced, and compress contents of the directory's files and folders to save about 300mB (its only a holding place for updated changes, but it has to be there - don't delete it). Finally, as long as your virtual ram is set to a decent amount (say 384mb for initial and maximum) it should rarely get fragmented, since (for me at least) there's at least 50% free space on the new partition. I like to have a copy of the PQBoot for Windows icon on the desktop of each OS, so I can move quickly between the two. By using Partition Magic, you can also quickly adjust the amount of space between the two drives (takes maybe 5-10 mins to do it) if you find you need more or less; I recommend you only change the amount of space from your original C: partition though. I think that's everything, just make sure to install what you want on the new OS (video drivers, programs, etc.) and it should run fine. Let me know if this works, it's been a while since I've done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphamarcaphi Posted February 24, 2005 Author Share Posted February 24, 2005 lol rough an tumble?! windows won't let you close these... its just not allowed.. not on mine atleast... and f-ing is bad? its better than f*cking.. but whatever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee4Life Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 lol rough an tumble?! windows won't let you close these... its just not allowed.. not on mine atleast... and f-ing is bad? its better than f*cking.. but whatever... Did you read what Mark said? You aren't going to swear in here. Everyone else in here knows better except for you. Cut it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowles Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 lol rough an tumble?! windows won't let you close these... its just not allowed.. not on mine atleast... and f-ing is bad? its better than f*cking.. but whatever... Whatever you're taking, cut the dose. If you don't know what you're doing on a computer (and from what I can make of your incomprehensive junk of a post, you really don't), then leave it alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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