In the realm of PC gaming, performance is a central focus for developers and gamers alike. A defining aspect of a smooth gameplay experience is how well a game compiles and manages its shaders—a process often happening quietly behind the scenes. Today, we’re delving into the intricate world of shader compilation within Star Citizen, a game as renowned for its ambitious scope as it is for its extensive developmental journey. ...
o7 Citizens, When I returned to playing Star Citizen, I faced significant issues with the performance of my PC, which surprised me. However, through these challenges, I’ve gained valuable insights that I’d like to share here. As a result, I’ve compiled a brief set of tips on how to improve Star Citizen’s performance if you’re experiencing issues or if it’s not running as smoothly as expected. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Yesterday I wanted to install a Game from Epic Game Launcher in Windows. (Spellbreak, btw.) Unfortunately even I have a 1G Line, it only dripped in with about 100-500 kb/s and would take several hours to complete. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Cause I’m not „blogging“ regularly on this page I just want to post more things in a “Today I learned” fashion. Specially if you work on/at Events and IT there are a lot of things which leave you puzzled questioning thing and forcing you to find solutions “RIGHT NOW”. While others in normal IT Ops have time to test things, Event-IT things are often MacGyver jobs. Working on a remote unknown site with other people’s IT Infrastructure and take what you get, at the end nobody cares – it need to work. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. After some days with the new Microsoft Surface 4 Pro I’m quite happy with it. One thing bugged me was the poorly SSD Performance. Microsoft use a Samsung M2 SSD with NVMe Protocol, actually a quite fast little thing. But a SSD Benchmark showed me unbelieveable bad performance at the Random Write and Threaded read: ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: Black Ops 3 PC has performance issues, especially mouse input lag and micro stutter, even on high-end systems. Fixes: disable Dynamic Shadows, Subsurface Scattering, and Independent Transparency; set Low Shadow Map. For micro stutter, cap FPS slightly below monitor refresh (e.g., 58 FPS for 60 Hz) via config. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: Tried to send a package to China via DHL. Website was very slow, session timeouts. Online franking blocked any Chinese characters in the address. After adapting, payment failed: VISA not available, then PayPal error. Frustrating process, unclear restrictions, wasted time and no successful label. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: Nvidia markets the GTX 950 as a “MOBA card” with latency optimizations. In reality, there’s no special MOBA chip; the driver sets pre-rendered frames to 0 or 1 for popular MOBAs, reducing delay. You don’t need a new card—adjust this in the Nvidia Control Panel under Manage 3D Settings. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: Short note: The blog now runs with mod SPDY and enforces SSL. New: HTTP/2 support via SPDY/3.1. HTTP/1.1 causes overhead with many small resources due to repeated handshakes. HTTP/2 keeps one initiated connection and streams all content, reducing overhead and speeding up pages, also easing global network load. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: ArenaNet tests public beta features. Two highlights: FOV Fix and Authenticator. FOV Fix widens the viewport to reduce discomfort on widescreen monitors. Enable by adding -testVerticalFov to the GW2 shortcut; guide linked on the forum. Authenticator section follows (details not provided here). ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: TERA looks good, but with a modern PC you can push more. In-game settings at max give me 90 FPS. Use NVIDIA Inspector to create/edit a TERA profile, add TERA.exe, and apply the shown settings for better visuals. TERA.exe path: \TERA\Client\Binaries\TERA.exe ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: Rage looks good by default, but I tweaked configs to use my PC’s resources. Since the UI has few options, changes go in rageConfig.cfg. Steps: set Steam launch options (+com_skipIntroVideo 1, g_fov 96, etc.), then create/edit rageConfig.cfg in steamapps/common/rage/base and paste the provided config. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: After updating to NetBeans 7 final, I get “JVM creation failed” at startup. Cause: on 64-bit systems with >4GB RAM, NetBeans memory detection fails. Fix: edit netbeans.conf in /etc/, in netbeans_default_options add: -J-Xmx512m inside quotes. If it still fails, lower the value. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: I discuss using distinct hosts to improve page speed. Browsers limit connections per host; older ones to 4–8. Many page elements cause repeated handshakes and overhead. Example: de.png is 129 bytes, but HTTP exchange is 1,822 bytes. Steps include DNS, TCP handshake, request/response, data transfer, ack. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: Upcoming post on WordPress page speed: I’ll cover simple methods to speed up blogs. Today: ETag. ETag is an HTTP header value (hex), a file’s fingerprint for cache control. On first load, server sends ETag; browser caches it and compares on subsequent requests. If unchanged, use cache; if changed, reload. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: I can’t say if UDP would be better for Aion. Aion uses TCP, which is safer but slower because it confirms each packet; UDP is “fire and forget.” Disabling the Nagle algorithm can lower in-game ping up to 100%, but may reduce LAN transfer speeds. Test it yourself; use /ping to check. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: Part 2 covers the case. My Antec 900 has defects, so I’m getting a new one: SilverStone RV02. The motherboard is rotated 90°, ports on top under a flap for cleaner cabling. Bottom fans improve airflow, good for multi-GPU. Shipping starts tomorrow. CPU cooler: switching to Scythe Mugen 2. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: GCO and Gamescom got me excited for fall game releases. I grabbed some sample hardware and will upgrade my gaming PC after two years. First: CPU. Bought an Intel Core i7-650 (3.06 GHz, LGA1366) for €350. Hyperthreading (4 cores, 8 threads), QPI instead of FSB. Not an Extreme CPU—price not worth it. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: After hours of volume sync, the new RAID is ready. Performance is clearly better than with 2x Veloci. Access time worse than SSD RAID, but transfer rates are strong, even at 64k; full speed from 128k. Burst read is ~100 MB/s slower than normal, unusual. Windows boot feels faster. ...
Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: SATA cable design is problematic. I had frequent sub-second stutters causing brief system freezes every 30–60 seconds. Disks tested fine; suspected cable issue. Replaced with quality clipped SATA II cables, problem solved, clear benchmark improvement. Setup: two WD VelociRaptor 300 in RAID 0 on Areca 1210. SSDs postponed; bought two more VelociRaptors. ...