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[weldmetal12]

I was following a topic on win 10 today and noticed a few of us our very happy with win 7 to run GPL of course.

I wanted to share with the community a tuning guide full of useful info to help keep us racing. I've read it over and over.

Nick N. on simforums. https://www.simforums...topic46211.html

I've followed the guide nearly to the letter on a extremely budget computer $160 dell xeon and gtx 750i.

It runs gpl, p&g, rfactor, rbr, etc on triple monitors beautifully!

Can we sticky this somewhere closer to the sims we love; problems with them. Yes, relevant.

[weldmetal12]

Big pdf to read while going through the steps..


                                                                                 Cheers
                                                                                 Scott

Attached Files

•  THE FSX COMPUTER SYSTEM_ THE BIBLE - BY_ NickN - SimForums.pdf   4.48MB   73 downloads

[John Woods]

Whew...well, wow. Nick must pay himself by the word!
Too many words for me. Got thru about half of it before realizing by then was impatiently scanning for keywords, then it all just glazed over before getting lost in the motherboard configuration section.

Thanks Scott, for posting. Really did go thru it with interest.

Perhaps you might post a screenshot of your Nvidia settings?

[weldmetal12]

Yes, I should have included a disclaimer on the length, content etc. Save it, use it later.

It's taken me several years to understand and implement - hehe on a system he would probably not approve of anyway .
But I've taken what I can use, his settings in windows should be required

reading to get rid of the trash for a decent simulator . I'd read the parts about

building a fast modern computer with optimism but found a craigslist deal instead -

wife approved!

Well here's Bob Simpson https://srmz.racesimcentral.net/inde...opic=6459&st=30
I think this is what I've used recently.

FSX guy - good reading - much shorter: https://www.simforums...topic36586.html

base and advanced settings attached will these work for GPL?
 nvinspector base settings.jpg   143.81K   98 downloads  NV_Inspector advanced setting.jpg   196.19K   109 downloads

[John Woods]

weldmetal12, on Aug 22 2015 - 11:25 PM, said:

    ...will these work for GPL?  

With so much hardware/drivers variation seems its always a guess, (except for gurus like Nick).

Have been working with Bob's settings except my card is a bit less featured than his.

Thanks for sharing your settings...some fun later this afternoon checking them out on my rig.

[John Woods]

Could not wait...going to half-rate vertical sync causes 5fps hit on grid at Monza.

[weldmetal12]

I realized my settings were all at default last night,
seeing the shimmering white track edges at parana. I'm glad you asked about this because it looked
terrible. Must have not saved to the exes. I've been away from GPL a little with P&G. Bad!
I tried the base settings posted from Nick's guide but left v-sync off.  Not sure why he seemed to contradict himself.
V-sync I understand is bad for what we do. Somewhere in his long guide is an explanation.
Made sure to save to each mod exe in inspector - know what I'm talking about?
Anyway, my results were great for me it must be the keep it simple stupid thing again.
The gamma correction is different from Bob, couple of other things for sure.
Inspector overrides GEM as well with many setting in the rasterizer? Not sure.
Maybe ill provide a screenshot of Gem settings to help. I need to learn more about GEM.
5760 and my bezel correction gives me 6006 x 1080 on 3 22" dell lcd's.
Looked better than ever and I enjoyed Brands in the 66 Lotus 43 at 19 cars!

Back on GPL!  

Thanks John

[Pete Gaimari]

Weldmetal...................I spent 4 hours yesterday going through all his info, and modding my Win 7 install. I was pretty worried about all the changes I was making. It was so involved and complex i'd never be able to fix it if it didn't work. This guy really knows his stuff. I was into areas I didn't even know existed on my system. I also had to download a lot of programs to modify the settings. Scary stuff for a self taught computer user.

The results ended up being really good. Everything works much faster now. I can zip along from web site to website as fast as I can click them. I have a 65meg connection, and never could figure out why it took so long to bring up web sites. All my sims run smoother now too, and no lockups so far.

I got stopped at one point though, so didn't do it all. I'm suppose to right click the windows icon on the bottom taskbar to install another program. I don't have that icon. Any ideas?

[Pete Gaimari]

I read most all of it, and applied what I could. It really speeded up my system.

It only took 4 hours.

[weldmetal12]

Pete,
             Glad things have improved those were my results.

  Missing start button here maybe...https://answers.micro...8214e348?page=1

Never see that before. Right click desktop leads to personalize with options for icons; right click taskbar leads to properties with a customize icons area or start

menu tab with customize button - many options. I'll look over the guide for something about icons I remember that.

This would be a good thread to share tuning ideas https://srmz.racesimcentral.net/inde...showtopic=10956

[Pete Gaimari]

It's not the start button. I have that. I seem to remember another win icon on the lower taskbar. Maybe not. I'll have to go back, and read it again. He's talking about right clicking it, and downloading a program that will bring up something. I forgot now, but never could find what he was talking about.

[Pete Gaimari]

Here it is. It's not an icon. I'm not sure what he means?


20. Open the W7_Optimize directory on your desktop. Inside you will find the file: MicrosoftFixit_KB50496.msi. Please run this application and allow it to complete. When finished a reboot request will appear, reboot the computer.

[weldmetal12]

Pete,
Save this folder to desktop : Quote  " 1. FILES YOU WILL NEED:
Download this zip file and unzip it. https://gex.flight1.net/forumimages/W7_Optimize.zip
You will be using the files supplied in that zip package for this outline. Unzip it to the desktop.

a. Inside the W7_Optimize directory you will find: TweakPrefetch_5.3.1.3.exe  install that application. It should place a shortcut on your desktop, leave that shortcut on the desktop for use later.

b. Inside the W7_Optimize directory you will find a registry directory, open that directory and you will find a file named: Optimized.reg. Double click Optimize.reg and allow it to merge into the registry.

Do not reboot!

c. Close the W7_Optimize directory and leave it on the desktop. You will be using the application TFC.exe and MicrosoftFixit_KB50496.msi later in this outline. "

Cleans the startup, temp file I believe and fixes out of memory issues.

[Pete Gaimari]

Thanks for the file, but where was the W7 Optimize directory?

[weldmetal12]

FSX Bible chapter 5 full potential of the application..yada... yada.....

Extract zip "win 7 optimize" to your desktop becomes directory with files above.

Maybe I don't understand your question?

Windows doesn't have this directory without the download above.

Happy to help figure this out I worked through the "Bible" over the course of months, years to understand, implement.

4 hours is intense studying! and are you ready for the test?

[ginetto]

Merged the 2 discussions into one.

[John Woods]

Just found and installed freeware system optimizer found here: https://www.iobit.com...temcarefree.php

Impressed it did finish job as promised without hitting me up for upgrade purchase before completing work, took about 20mins.
Fixed registry, removed privacy issues, (over 30,000 of them!), removed junk files, fixed Firefox issues, fixed memory issues...
Surfing is now very much faster.

Thinking maybe it did at least some of the things Nick's routines take care of, so maybe an abreviated quick fix...and free!

[TurboMan]

Thank you very much, weldmetal12

I'm usinga a 2007 PC that struggles a bit to run P&G, will try NickN's tweaks and see. I'm sure this will veru useful for people with "normal" computers

[Pete Gaimari]

John Woods, on Aug 25 2015 - 08:56 AM, said:

Just found and installed freeware system optimizer found here: https://www.iobit.com...temcarefree.php

Impressed it did finish job as promised without hitting me up for upgrade purchase before completing work, took about 20mins.
Fixed registry, removed privacy issues, (over 30,000 of them!), removed junk files, fixed Firefox issues, fixed memory issues...
Surfing is now very much faster.

Thinking maybe it did at least some of the things Nick's routines take care of, so maybe an abreviated quick fix...and free!

Pretty sure Nick warns about programs like that. His way is aimed at better gaming performance, and not just speeding up surfing the web.

[John Woods]

Pete Gaimari, on Aug 25 2015 - 10:56 AM, said:

Pretty sure Nick warns about programs like that. His way is aimed at better gaming performance, and not just speeding up surfing the web.

Agreed. Nothing is truly free, except from Grand Prix Legends contributors.
(One reason I support SRMZ...really is to support the editors).

Just thinking if that sort of software is doing similar things maybe there are some who would use it before tackling 4 hours of diligent clicking. There is also a package specifically for gaming improvement.

Liked that it actually fixed things and reduced CPU/memory load instead of teasing me with a report about everything wrong then when you click "fix it now" it takes you to a site that wants $30 to $50 upfront for one year subscription.

(Link'd thread on gpllinks.org btw)