4 Responses to “PC gaming computer with XP. What parts of XP can I remove to improve gaming performance?”

1. yad Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 7:13 am

   shut off messenger programs
   http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2024969,00.asp

   If you are gaming online and not browsing you can shut your AV program off, just remember to reboot or restart it before you use the browser.Keep your firewall on.

   From "XP trick Book"
   Increase bandwidth by 20%
   type gpedit.msc in run box
   Local Computer Policy
   Computer Configuration
   Administrative Templates
   Network
   QOS Packet Scheduler
   Limit Reservable Bandwidth
   double click on it and enable it but set it to ZERO PERCENT

   When it is disabled it defaults to 20%
   The trick is to Enable and set it to 0 and that bandwidth is recovered for your connection.
   http://www.scribd.com/doc/230523/XP-trick-Book

   Go to Network Connections and right click on the adapter/connection you are using choose Properties
   Leave QOS on as it has been set to 0
   Click Configure
   Advanced
   Optimize for
   choose Throughput

   This can help but its risky:
   http://www.jasonn.com/turning_off_unnecessary_services_on_windows_xp

2. Justin1241 Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 7:13 am

   more ram, better motherboard, better video card

3. Vision Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 7:13 am

   disable the real time scan in kaspersky

4. John Doe Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 7:13 am

   get rid of kaspersky, its crap and takes up too much of your computer resources. use something with a smaller footprint like avira personal edition, its free and works well with a much smaller footprint and doesnt slow you down especially when on-line gaming. it can be found here. http://www.free-av.com

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