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Well, That’s One Way To Rip-Off Naive Gamers
I’m not one to bag pay-for Windows utilities, but a program called DNDstation from security firm Comodo deserves some attention. It’s supposed to prevent apps that might “interfere or interrupt the game play”. A 30-day trial is offered and you can buy a one-year subscription for $US5. But why would you when a simple registry tweak can do the same thing?
How Marvel’s Mightiest Have Changed In Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 isn’t just an additional 12 characters and a few new game modes, it’s a chance for Capcom to tweak the mechanics and balance of the original game in such a way that it requires four videos to detail the changes to just the Marvel side of the cast.
Speed Up Your PlayStation 3 With The Power Of SSD
You too can enjoy blazing (read: marginally improved) load times and install times on your PlayStation 3, thanks to its easily swapped out hard drive and the speedy read times of solid state media. ExtremeTech tested the results of dropping standard hard drives with spinning magnetic plates for an Intel X-25 solid state drive.
Tweaking Mass Effect PC
Mass Effect not running as well as you’d like it to? Your PC crying out in pain against the flood of polygons and normal maps? Never fear, TweakGuides has written up a couple of fancy HTML pages packed full of tips to get the most from Bioware’s role-playing title. Not all of us can afford top-of-the-line gear for our systems, so it’s nice to know there’s someone out there looking out for the hardware-challenged.
Mass Effect is built on Epic’s Unreal Engine 3, so don’t be surprised if the tweaks resemble something you’d apply to Unreal Tournament III.
Mass Effect Tweak Guide [TweakGuides]
Play Crysis At Ludicrous Quality, Watch Your PC Cry
If you think your PC has the balls to run Crysis at its very highest settings, then there’s a small article over at Planet Crysis that you should read.
Okay, when I say “very highest”, I’m not talking about moving all the in-game sliders to the far right. To see what pain Crytek’s shooter is truly capable of dishing out on your humble PC, you’ll need to dive into the game’s configuration files and tweak a few settings.
The Planet Crysis article has everything you need to know, but if you’re not as well endowed in the sack department as your machine is, there’s a download of the altered files available from Crymod.
You may have seen similar settings floating around the Internet; these are the most up-to-date.
If you haven’t already, you might want to tweak Crysis first to get it running at its best performance-wise, or if you’re running Windows XP, enable those lauded Direct3D 10 “Vista-only” features.
Ultra High Quality Custom Config [Planet Crysis]
Tweaking Crysis
That Crysis certainly is a resource hog, ain’t it? Bet you’ve seen asthmatic oxen pull more weight than your aging PC. Stupid D3D 10 not being all D3D 10. The nerve!
Consider, then, this tweaking tutorial from the folks over at TweakGuides, as an inhaler full of soothing meds. Spray it, suck it down, and let your PC breathe again.
Or we could skip the silly metaphors and you could just click the link below.
Crysis Tweak Guide [TweakGuides]
