Guides: Optimizing Performance

			Quake 4 Performance Optimization Guide Disappointed with your performance in Quake 4? If so, today's Quake 4 Optimization Guide may help. Stathi goes over all of Quake 4's video settings with a range of budget, mainstream, and semi-high-end PCI-E and AGP graphics cards. See the performance impact of each setting, as well as screenshots of what each setting does in this article! Nov 30, 2005   [ View Similar Articles | View Comments ]
			Battlefield 2 Optimization Guide Are you disappointed with your PC's performance in Battlefield 2 but don't have the cash for an upgrade? If so, you may want to check out Stathi's BF2 Optimization Guide! Inside are descriptions and screenshots for all of BF2's video settings, as well as performance analysis for a variety of budget, mainstream, and high-end cards. See which settings run best for each class of hardware in this article! Sep 5, 2005   [ View Similar Articles | View Comments ]
			Advanced System Building 301 Advanced System Building 301 is a review of advanced system building principles. Students should have a built several systems on their own before enrolling in this course. This course is open to graduate students only or by special arrangement with the professor. 6 units. Instructor: Alan Dang. Mar 22, 2005   [ View Similar Articles | View Comments ]
			Windows XP Performance Optimization 101 Has your system been running a little sluggish in Windows XP lately? Perhaps you'd like to disable WinXP Service Pack 2's Security Center? If you find yourself wishing you could disable certain aspects within XP but don't know how, than perhaps Stathi's Windows XP optimization guide is for you! In this article you'll find tips, tricks, and tweaks for Windows XP and Microsoft's SP2 release. From install to optimizing the system tray, it's all inside! Mar 18, 2005   [ View Similar Articles | View Comments ]
			Half-Life 2 Optimization Guide Stathi is back with another optimization guide! This time he tackles Half-Life 2 with an Athlon XP 2600+ testbed. Graphics cards tested include the RADEON 9800 XT and 9500 PRO, as well as the GeForce 6600 GT, GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, and GeForce4 Ti 4200. See the performance and image quality impact all the Half-Life 2 settings have on these cards in this article! Feb 16, 2005   [ View Similar Articles | View Comments ]
			Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide Looking to get the most performance out of Epic's Unreal Tournament 2004 but don't know where to start? Then Stathi's optimization guide is for you! Included are performance results with all the settings, on Athlon XP and Pentium 4 setups, and with cards ranging from the GeForce4 MX440 up to the RADEON 9800 XT. Check it out here! May 21, 2004   [ View Similar Articles | View Comments ]
			Need For Speed: Underground Optimization Guide Looking to get the most out of EA's latest title in the Need For Speed series? In this article Stathi tests Need for Speed: Underground with a variety of DirectX 7, 8, and 9 graphics cards, going over all the graphics settings with descriptions, screenshots, and performance analysis. See which settings work best for your graphics card in our Need For Speed: Underground optimization guide! Mar 26, 2004   [ View Similar Articles | View Comments ]
			Console Picture Guide Do you have that shame-of-all-shames, the console in your living room? Do your PC-only friends make fun of its low resolutions, pathetic image quality and horrible clarity? Fear not, Alan has come to the rescue with his Console Picture Guide, which covers everything you ever needed to know to make your ugly box of guilty fun into a beautiful bundle of proud joy! Oct 2, 2002   [ View Similar Articles | View Comments ]
			FS Guides: Occlusion Culling Everyone knows about Transform and Lighting, fill rate, and shaders, but one of the oldest principles of 3D rendering is getting a lot more attention today - the Z, or depth buffer. Creative engineering has yielded a number of ways to speed up the display of 3D graphics through manipulation or depth information, and here's how modern 3D accelerators do it. Jan 14, 2002   [ View Similar Articles ]
			XP: Getting Things Done, Part 3 Love it or hate it, you'll probably have to deal with WinXP sometime or another. This is our final installment of our WinXP guide (for now), and focuses on some of the hidden nuggets Microsoft left undocumented in the release. Get MS Backup back up, and more importantly, learn how to make XP play nicely with your existing home network! Dec 3, 2001   [ View Similar Articles ]

Optimizing Performance   Advanced System Building 301   Comments Mar 22, 05  -   Battlefield 2 Optimization Guide   Comments Sep 05, 05  -   Celeron Overclocking Tests   Sep 30, 99  -   Console Picture Guide   Comments Oct 02, 02  -   FiringSquad Overclocking Guide   Apr 01, 99  -   FS Guides: Occlusion Culling   Jan 14, 02  -   Half-Life 2 Optimization Guide   Comments Feb 16, 05  -   Internet Sharing Primer   May 06, 99  -   Need For Speed: Underground Optimization Guide   Comments Mar 26, 04  -   Pentium III Overclocking Guide   Aug 11, 99  -   Q3Test Athlon/SMP Report   Jul 18, 99  -   Q3Test Optimization Guide   Jul 04, 99  -   Quake 4 Performance Optimization Guide   Comments Nov 30, 05  -   Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide   Comments May 21, 04  -   Voodoo 3 Overclocking Guide   Aug 27, 99  -   Windows XP Performance Optimization 101   Comments Mar 18, 05  -   Windows XP: Getting Things Done, Part 1   Oct 26, 01  -   Windows XP: Getting Things Done, Part 2   Nov 30, 01  -   XP: Getting Things Done, Part 3   Dec 03, 01  -