AMD Fusion

[Arcmanov]

AMD,s new 'tool' for gamers and enthusiasts.
Essentially, its a one click 'turn off all unneeded processes' app to make your games run better/faster,
but without crippling the OS.

More details here...

Intel users need not apply.

[Crixx_Creww]

*yawn*
http://lifehacker.com/5033518/debunking-common-windows-performance-tweaking-myths

lifehacker did some myth busting of this urban legend.

Thanks amd, for continuing to prove your inferior...

[TriniXaeno]

lol, common crixx.

Disabling services and apps that you don't need @ the moment can have a notable effect on your PCs performance.

ZoneAlarm, Anti Virus apps, Anti Spyware, Printer Monitoring, Torrents, Email and other p2p apps can altogether wtfpwn your PCs ram and cpu. Rendering an otherwise burly machine into a sloth.

I definitely see some value in being able to rapidly stop drop these and renable them after for some maximum performance. As and when needed.

My gaming rig runs lean. Very little start up apps.

[Crixx_Creww]

conjecture!! the court rules to strike those statements from teh records!!

let the myth busting show that removing non essential services has been tested and found to be WANTING in performance gains!! rabble rabble rabble!!

but seriously, amd says they not turning off antivirus and stuff that could potentially cause system insecurity or instability, so their point is moot.

the things that you could turn off to increase performance theoretically, in reality, end up making yur system unstable soooooo, mythbusting 1, amd -negative i n f i n i t y

[mailman166]

Your honour i bring to the table Alacrity.... http://alacritypc.kensalter.com/index.htm

Wonders if to make a next thread to this, will let Neph do it since he sent me the link... *tags nephilim*