XP question

Vic Mackey · Post by **Vic Mackey** » Thu May 09, 2002 9:38 am

under control panel,system,advanced,performance(click settings),click advanced. theres 2 options called performance scheduling and memory usuage. i have those both set to programs. is that the best setting? also under virtual memory i have it set to 768. i have 256mb of ram. is 768 a good setting? i read that it should be set to 1/2-3/4 more then the ram thats installed.

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Thu May 09, 2002 9:41 am

From XP tweaks thread above: But you may set them where you like:

3.) Go to control panel, system, advanced tab at top,performance, settings, click on best performance,then advanced tab at top, background services, then programs

Vic Mackey · Post by **Vic Mackey** » Thu May 09, 2002 1:03 pm

ok ill set it up like that. i dont get why you would want the greater share of processor time going to background services instead of programs. wont that make programs slower?
ok i need a clarification on the registry part. you said "Set Win32Seperation to 56 decimal which is 38
anything set to hex switchs you back to programs", so do i enter the 56 or the 38? and should i leave it as hex or decimal?

Phat · Post by **Phat** » Thu May 09, 2002 5:33 pm

does background then programs improve gaming performance?

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Thu May 09, 2002 5:35 pm

I don't know, we use TCP/IP, Games UDP, ask in gaming forum please

Dragonplus · Post by **Dragonplus** » Thu May 09, 2002 8:11 pm

Decimal value of 38 is a valid one; 56 is not a valid value according to the info provided by Snakefoot.

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Dragonplus · Post by **Dragonplus** » Fri May 10, 2002 1:05 am

Right, 56 hex equals 38 decimal. So you can enter either 56 (hex) or 38 (decimal), since they are equivalent. Having resolved that, the real question remains: what value is optimal for, say, gaming. In decimal value terms, would it be 2, or 38, or even 42 (all of these apparently grant high priority to foreground processes)? I have no real clue, mine was set to 2; I'm trying 42 now but don't really expect to see any difference.

Dragonplus · Post by **Dragonplus** » Fri May 10, 2002 11:31 am

Lobo,

Apparently you removed several of your posts from this thread, which makes it difficult to interpret the thread as a whole.

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri May 10, 2002 11:37 am

Yea im still playing with it, sorry, lol

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:14 pm

Vic Mackey, try a decimal of 21, it's working for me right now but who knows, find one you like and go with that

Vic Mackey · Post by **Vic Mackey** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:26 pm

ok ill try it. how do you know whether or not it is better then the other number? what should i be looking for performance wise?
DOH LOBO! i cant find the registry file that i had changed. i think you removed it. what was it again i dont remember

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:31 pm

#3 in XP Tweaks thead above, do a speed test and see if it's OK

Dragonplus · Post by **Dragonplus** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:32 pm

Snakefoot has another interesting "tweak" regarding running programs with a higher priority setting. I have tried playing UT in "high" priority but it just crashes. Last night, I set up a little batch file to run it at "abovenormal" priority and that seemed to work fine.

Bottom line with all of these tweaks though - if you're just gaming and are running very few if any programs/processes in the background, you've already done the important "tweak" and would be unlikely to see any measureable improvement from the standpoint of game performance.

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:33 pm

Vic:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl

Vic Mackey · Post by **Vic Mackey** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:42 pm

ok i changed it to 21. got an average of 1.9-2.0 down and around 100 up. man our roadrunner must cap our upload low. only 100 sucks.

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:44 pm

RR CAP 2000down/384 up, put it back like it was or play with it until you find sweet spot

http://members.aol.com/axcel216/

Vic Mackey · Post by **Vic Mackey** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:49 pm

how can i get 384 up? no matter what i put it at its always around 100. i think 150 is the max i have gotten.

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:50 pm

Please click in my signature where it says Test tweak here, then:
At top where it says edit click and select, Select all,
Then go back to same edit button at top, click and select copy.
Come back to Speed Guide, same thread you were on, in post reply box, with cursor blinking at begining of box go to top, edit, click, select paste, click, this will put information in box. Please X out your IP address, Thank you.

Whose speed patch do you use, 1 or 2 or what

Vic Mackey · Post by **Vic Mackey** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:54 pm

ok here it is.
TCP properties for IP = xx.xx.xxx.xxx(dhcp065-024-130-140.columbus.rr.com)
Note: Read the FAQ if the above is not your IP address.
Browser/OS = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

TCP options string = 020405b401010402

MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.

MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which is equal to MSS.

Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 29200
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 29200
RWIN is a multiple of MSS
Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8)
256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
64240 (MSS x 44)

bandwidth * delay product:
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 1168 kbps (146 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 467.2 kbps (58.4 KBytes/s) @ 500ms

MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON

Time to live left = 52 hops
TTL value is ok.

Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF

Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON

IP type of service field (RFC1349)= 00000000

0 connections tested since 03.10.2001.

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:55 pm

Whose and how many speed patches

Vic Mackey · Post by **Vic Mackey** » Fri May 10, 2002 1:04 pm

none. i have only used optimizer

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri May 10, 2002 2:21 pm

OK, here goes, see #13 below in help thread, NIC needs to be set at 10BaseT (Half Duplex for Cable)

In Optimizer select connection type at top, select adapter, select custom settings, enter 1 at a time 51100 or 64240, uncheck scaling under Tcp1323Opts, apply changes and REBOOT each time you change number in Optimizer, the following numbers scaling IS checked, try besides the ones thats in now: 513920, 522680, 524176, 531440, 548960

Speed test here, test will open another browser, close one
directions on how to do speed test in help thread in signature: Select site nearest you:

http://www.speakeasy.net/main.php?page=sup_pops

If from overseas try nearest site from here: http://www.testmyspeed.com/internationalspeedtests.htm

Directions on what to do prior to speed test on help thread below, turn off all running programs.

Larger RWIN does not always mean faster
In IE, go to Tools, internet options, connection tab at top, LAN settings at bottom, nothing should be checked in this box, NOTHING, No auto detect, no proxy, no automatic configuration script, NOTHING, REBOOT

Vic Mackey · Post by **Vic Mackey** » Fri May 10, 2002 2:31 pm

i have it set to 10mb half duplex already. i have already tried all those numbers back when i had win98 and they didnt get 384up.

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri May 10, 2002 2:36 pm

Try again different OS, and DO NOT forget to check scaling for numbers above 65535, turn off all running programs, firewall too, and do what it saids about how to do speedtest in help thread, not once while testing, but after each test

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri May 10, 2002 3:08 pm

1 ONE browser open during speed test

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri May 10, 2002 3:54 pm

Try this Vic, Put XP disk in, click on exit when it comes up, leave disk in, you may be missing critical system files, type in RUN box sfc /scannow and click OK. (Space between c and /) Takes about 10 minutes