Vanguard382 Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Hey i just finished building my gaming computer and damn it is good. The thing i was wondering was either to use sp1 or sp2 My freind who helped me build it who is a audio pro, uses sp1, he says that he would recommend that. He also said just to ask around and see what other people used and see what they had to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted October 9, 2005 Moderators Share Posted October 9, 2005 Always update windows. Otherwise your brand new computer could be turned into a paper weight. Do not even connect it to the net without either putting a firewall or av first. Service pack 2 has nothing to do with performance its all security patches. Also you might not want to run a firewall like zone alarm because of performance but at least use the windows one or hook to the net through a router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capman Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Also you might not want to run a firewall like zone alarm because of performance but at least use the windows one or hook to the net through a router. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm not so sure I would rely on the windows one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted October 9, 2005 Moderators Share Posted October 9, 2005 Yeah but its better than nothing. I know lots of people who use zone alarm and norton that shut it down when they play games to get their connection faster. I do this when I play unreal but I'm behind a router so it dosent even matter. The only reason I keep zone alarm is for out bound monitoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard382 Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 what setting would uyou change to make your computer play games better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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