2014 Windows 7 gaming tweaks services to disable ramdisk?

[Bucic]

Hi!

 

- services

- aero disable

- ramdisk

 

Services

I got a bit out of touch with Windows during the past years? Does anyone have some tweaking notes handy? I'm particularly after .reg or .bat files that leave only vital windows services enabled. Anything to add to what has been said here? http://windows7themes.net/windows-7-services-safe-to-disable.html

BTW, for managing services I recommend TurboServicesManager. Very small, no install, lets you save and restore services sets, so you can back up the original services set before fiddling with it.

 

Aero

Also, does it make sense to disable Windows 7 Aero for gaming e.g. on Intel HD4000?

 

Ramdisk

What is the best Windows 7 ramdisk nowadays? Freeware/payware.

 

EDIT:

I highl recmmend http://www.turboirc.com/tsm/ TurboServicesManager for managing your services. It doesn't need to be installed, allows you to BACKUP to a transparent XML file before you even start fiddling with your services, to save the state of your services configuration at any time and load them at any time. Plus display of up and down dependencies!

Edited July 5, 2014 by Bucic

[G00dnight]

For win aero it is not always a good idea to disable it, I have found that in DCS with my setup it has a good improvement to keep it turned on.

I dont use a ramdisk as I have SSD's.

I use gamebooster rarely to turn off any unwanted services fully customisable.

[Bucic]

I dont use a ramdisk as I have SSD's.

SSD is being bombarded by too frequent writes if you haven't disabled swap (pagefile). This is what I need ramdisk for.

 

EDIT:

Oh, it seems it's safe on Win 7+

http://www.oczforum.com/forum/content.php?306-SSD-ABC-Guide

 

Still, I have 8 GB of RAM...

Edited March 9, 2014 by Bucic

[cichlidfan]

The best tweak for Win 7 is Win 8.1.

[Bucic]

Hehe, not an option :)

[EtherealN]

SSD is being bombarded by too frequent writes if you haven't disabled swap (pagefile). This is what I need ramdisk for.

 

EDIT:

Oh, it seems it's safe on Win 7+

http://www.oczforum.com/forum/content.php?306-SSD-ABC-Guide

 

Still, I have 8 GB of RAM...

 

It's not really Win7 that makes the safety difference for SSD's, it's that current-generation SSD's have a LOT more write endurance than previous generations.

 

You can see here: http://techreport.com/review/26058/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-data-retention-after-600tb

 

At present, the simulated write load is 300GB per day (every day) for five years. Some minor issues on the newest Samsung (but it has more overprovisioning to compensate; the "problem" is caused by higher-density cells). For comparison, I've had swaps etcetera (and savedgames folders, everything) on my Samsung 830 for about a year an a half, and the total write load is 6,38TB. Assuming nothing else breaks, I should therefore be good for at least another 10 years or so with this usage pattern. :P

 

Things might be more sensitive on older SSD's, but you have to go a good few generations back for this to become an issue. (Like first-gen Intel SSD's etcetera.)

[cichlidfan]

Things might be more sensitive on older SSD's, but you have to go a good few generations back for this to become an issue. (Like first-gen Intel SSD's etcetera.)

 

Combined with a decent USB 3.0 enclosure, the older ones make nice flash drives. :)

[ArtMan_NL]

The best tweak for Win 7 is Win 8.1.

 

 

Why?

[EtherealN]

Combined with a decent USB 3.0 enclosure, the older ones make nice flash drives. :)

 

That's a good point, actually. Either that, or E-SATA, I guess. (Though do they even make chassi with E-SATA ports anymore? My previous one had one (that I never used), but the rebuild I did a couple weeks back didn't have that luxury.

[cichlidfan]

Why?

 

IMHO, it just performs better. Metro aside, and it isn't an issue with 8.1 from my perspective, it runs very well and I have had fewer issues than I have had with Win 7.

 

That's a good point, actually. Either that, or E-SATA, I guess. (Though do they even make chassi with E-SATA ports anymore? My previous one had one (that I never used), but the rebuild I did a couple weeks back didn't have that luxury.

 

One of my enclosures has both E-SATA and USB 3.0 (it's had a 60GB OCZ in it for two years). I tested it a long time ago and the performance was comparable but USB 3.0 is just more convenient.

 

My ASUS Sabretooth X79 has E-SATA but that is the newest mobo that I have and, like you, I have never used it.

Edited March 9, 2014 by cichlidfan

[Bucic]

...

I was referring to the statement in the official OCZ setup guide

as most operations are reads and most writes are sequential

a - there are still abusive mechanisms in operating systems that are better to be avoided

b - let's not assume everyone runs later generation SSDs

 

But please, let's not make it a SSD thread.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SSD

Edited March 9, 2014 by Bucic

[Pepec9124]

I have disabled my swap. However DCS + 8.1 can use all 8GB sometimes.

 

On windows there is a tool called RAMDisk (clever huh ?). You can have 4GB assigned in free edition. It is copying data on shutdown to designated place if needed. Also restore at startup.

http://memory.dataram.com/products-and-services/software/ramdisk

10 bucks for 12GB and so on.

 

There is also some sort of discount for AMD clients, you can read more if you are interested.

 

Edit.

About services, I have disabled everything not needed but there is not much of boost. You can try Game Booster, I was using it when my CPU was Athlon 64 2800+. It was helping then, now not much.

 

Aero - HD 4000 <-- very not recommended, drivers dont like DCS or something.

Edited March 9, 2014 by Pepec9124

[SkateZilla]

My Mainboard Software allows me to Any amount of ram that I want to RAMRisk, no 4GB limit,

 

You can also create one at any size using command lines.

[Bucic]

I have disabled my swap. However DCS + 8.1 can use all 8GB sometimes.

 

On windows there is a tool called RAMDisk (clever huh ?). You can have 4GB assigned in free edition. It is copying data on shutdown to designated place if needed. Also restore at startup.

http://memory.dataram.com/products-and-services/software/ramdisk

10 bucks for 12GB and so on.

 

There is also some sort of discount for AMD clients, you can read more if you are interested.

 

Edit.

About services, I have disabled everything not needed but there is not much of boost. You can try Game Booster, I was using it when my CPU was Athlon 64 2800+. It was helping then, now not much.

 

Aero - HD 4000 <-- very not recommended, drivers dont like DCS or something.

Ah, this was the Ramdisk I've been using back in the day! I just forgot... the name of it :D

And yes, the syncing to/from ramdisk is a very important feature. You can put e.g. your browser profile on ramdisk this way.

 

Re HD4000. It's not for DCS :)

[Bucic]

http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-7-service-pack-1-service-configurations/

But the registry/batch files are no longer available, sadly.

[Bucic]

AMD offers ramdisk as well

http://www.radeonmemory.com/software_downloads.php