System Optimization Tricks

[ravi_mishra]

I'll be telling you a collection of tips to improve your system performance ... (it did improve my system performance to about 200 %)

1)CHANGING THE CACHE SIZE:

Go to start --> Run --> System.ini

Write these to the system.ini file
[vcache]
MaxFileCache=8192
MinFileCache=2048
ChunkSize=512

These cache settings are for power users with 128 mb of ram ... if you have more ram ... you can increase the settings to double also.

2)Right click My Computer --> Advanced --> Performance options
Select optimize performance for Applications
And change the virtual memory size to double your RAM size ... and if you need more virtual memory ... make small amount of virtual memory on different drives. One whole piece of virtual memory slows down performance.

3)Go to Control panel --> System --> Device Manager. Go to disk drives and click on your hard drive, go to properties and click the settings tab and then check the DMA box. Do this for all your hard drives. This will improve hard drive io.

4) CHANGING THE REFRESH RATE:
Right Click on desktop --> Settings --> Advanced --> Monitor
Change the refresh rate to maximum ... greater refresh rates provide with clear screen and less eyestrain.

5) INCREASING THE MODEM SPEED:
Right Click My Computer --> Properties --> Device Manager --> Ports(if you cant find you modem port .. then go directly to modem)
Go to your modem port ... click on bits per second and change it to maximum.
Click Flow control and change it to none.
In ports ... go to Advanced .... make sure use FIFO buffers is checked ... and receive and transmit buffers should be on max.

6) You can move your temporary files to your smallest and fastest drive .... this can improve io tremendously.

7) Click ‘Display’ in Control Panel. Select ‘Effects’ tab and uncheck ‘Use transition effects for menus and tooltips’

8) Click Display in Control Panel. Select Mouse ... and uncheck the mouse shadow.

[thakur]

default tips read lot of times thanks though

Originally Posted by ravi_mishra

I'll be telling you a collection of tips to improve your system performance ... (it did improve my system performance to about 200 %)

1)CHANGING THE CACHE SIZE:

Go to start --> Run --> System.ini

Write these to the system.ini file
[vcache]
MaxFileCache=8192
MinFileCache=2048
ChunkSize=512

These cache settings are for power users with 128 mb of ram ... if you have more ram ... you can increase the settings to double also.

2)Right click My Computer --> Advanced --> Performance options
Select optimize performance for Applications
And change the virtual memory size to double your RAM size ... and if you need more virtual memory ... make small amount of virtual memory on different drives. One whole piece of virtual memory slows down performance.

3)Go to Control panel --> System --> Device Manager. Go to disk drives and click on your hard drive, go to properties and click the settings tab and then check the DMA box. Do this for all your hard drives. This will improve hard drive io.

4) CHANGING THE REFRESH RATE:
Right Click on desktop --> Settings --> Advanced --> Monitor
Change the refresh rate to maximum ... greater refresh rates provide with clear screen and less eyestrain.

5) INCREASING THE MODEM SPEED:
Right Click My Computer --> Properties --> Device Manager --> Ports(if you cant find you modem port .. then go directly to modem)
Go to your modem port ... click on bits per second and change it to maximum.
Click Flow control and change it to none.
In ports ... go to Advanced .... make sure use FIFO buffers is checked ... and receive and transmit buffers should be on max.

6) You can move your temporary files to your smallest and fastest drive .... this can improve io tremendously.

7) Click ‘Display’ in Control Panel. Select ‘Effects’ tab and uncheck ‘Use transition effects for menus and tooltips’

8) Click Display in Control Panel. Select Mouse ... and uncheck the mouse shadow.

[don_samji]

I have 1 GB RAM, what changes in the system.ini file should I make in order to increase performance.
Secondly, I allotted 1024 MB Virtual Memory to all of my drives (3 in number), is it ok?

[akbar]

Wow.... Nice Tricks..

[pandavas]

thank u ravi, for wonderful tips i gave.

[amanmad1]

hay i have tried all this still my system speed is so slow
as soon as i open nfsunderground even the graphics is so bad

[arunabh]

Originally Posted by don_samji

I have 1 GB RAM, what changes in the system.ini file should I make in order to increase performance.
Secondly, I allotted 1024 MB Virtual Memory to all of my drives (3 in number), is it ok?

hi
its best not to have a page file [virtual memory] in the drive where u have installed the current operating system....
if u have 1 GB ram then there is no need to have more than 1 GB of page file...
so you can just have 1 or more GB of swap in any one of the non operating system drives...

[Cerebrus99]

Hi I'm new here, and this is one of the first posts I'm checkin out...

It seems unclear to me, which OS in particular Ravi is referring to. I am familiar with most of the tips suggested, except for the DMA option. I could not find that option in my Win 2K professional Device Manager. Haven't checked my XP for that option yet.

[don_samji]

I did what Arunabh suggested.....could you also tell me why so much swap shouldn't be allocated in the operating system drive. Is it because it will slow the performance....and I think, defragmentation occurs more in this drive under such cases, is it true?
Is defragmenting 2 times a week safe for the harddisk?

[don_samji]

And what are these latency values of RAM that you have in your signature, 2.5-3-3-7?

[Russell]

Hey Thanks For Sharing Your Idea Dude....

[Bhuvan]

This Tip Really Rocks Man.
Thanks Alot !

[techman]

This Tricks N Tips Section Are Really Good Especially All The Threads Here

[Dolla]

Thanx
Nice Thread

[Techguru01]

EXCELLENT POST